World Athletics Championships • Biographical Entry Lists
Men’s 100 Metres
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Entrants
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QBR
National Record
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Starts: Saturday, August 22
Age
197
HART Shavez BAH
22y
(Days)
Born
348d
1992
2015 Best
Personal Best
10.10
10.10 -15
Won sprint double at 2014 & 2015 Bahamian Championships // 10.08w -13. 200 pb: 20.23 -15. 400 pb: 46.43 -15. 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs
4x100 2013 (4 100); qf WCH 100 2013; sf COM 100 2014. 1 Bahamian 100/200 2014/2015. Attends Texas A&M University (A&M = Agricultural and
Mechanical)
In 2015: 4 NCAA indoor 200 (1 4x400); 1 Tempe 400; 2 Texas Relays 100; 1 Stanford Invitational 100; 3 Tempe 200; 2 Waco 100; 1 Starkville Southeastern
Conference 100 (2 200); 4sf NCAA 200 (7sf 100); 1 Bahamian 100/200; 5 Edmonton Classic 100; 7sf Pan-Am Games 100
207
AHMMED Masbah BAN
20y
163d
1995
11.19
10.99 -13
19y
286d
1995
10.06
10.06 -15
200 pb: 21.76 -14 (22.80 -15). ht WIC 60 2012; ht WCH 100 2013; ht COM 100/200 2014
In 2015: 6ht Asian Champs 100/200
209
CADOGAN Levi BAR
Fourth at 2014 World Junior Championships 100m // 200 pb: 20.67- 14 (21.23 -15). 6 Pan-Am junior 100 2013; 4 WJC 100 2014; 2 Central American &
Caribbean Games 100 2014; 8 Pan-Am Games 100 2015; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 2015
In 2015: 1 Bridgetown 100/200; 2 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’ (He led off the Barbadian 4x100 team which national record in heat & ‘B’ final); 1 St-Martin 100; 1 Port
of Spain Hampton Games 100 (3 200) May 23/24); 1 Barbadian 100; 1 Trinidadian 100 ‘B’; 1 Port of Spain 100 (Jul 11); 8 Pan-Am Games 100 (4 4x100); 3
North/Central America & Caribbean 100/4x100
210
GITTENS Ramon BAR
28y
32d
1987
10.07
10.02 -13
2015 Pan-Am Games silver medallist at 100m // 10.03w -15. 200 pb: 20.44 -14 (21.23 -15). ht World Youth 100/200 2003; 5 WJC 200 2006; ht WCH 100/200
2009; ht OLY 100 2012; 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 100 2013 (2011-5); sf WCH 100 2013 (2011-ht); 8 COM 100 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 100
2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 2015
In 2015: 2 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 1 Dakar Challenge 100 (4 200); 1 Halifax 100; 1 Victoria 100; 2 Barbadian 100; 1 Cork City 100 (3 200); 2 Pan-Am Games
100 (4 4x100); 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 (3 4x100)
231
DENDUP Tashi BHU
17y
180d
1998
-
12.85 -13
278d
1991
10.18
10.80 -15
Note: The official Bhutanese 100m record is 12.63 by Kinley Tenzin in Singapore on June 30, 2009
235
ANDERSON Mark BIZ
23y
Relay bronze at 2013 Central American Championships // 10.78w -15. 200 pb: 22.19 -15. 5 Central American 200 2014 (6 100); ht COM 100/200 2014; 4
Central American 100 2015
In 2015: 4 Central American 100; 7ht Pan-Am Games 200; 6ht North/Central America & Caribbean 100/200
292
ISMAIL Mohd Fakhri BRU
24y
168d
1991
10.59
10.59 -15 NR
30y
165d
1985
10.40
10.38 -07
Bruneian record holder at 100m // 8 South East Asian Games 100 2015
In 2015: 3 Ipoh 100; 8 South East Asian Games 100
298
BOSSÉ Béranger CAF
Central African Republic record holder at 200m // 10.34w -06. 200 pb: 21.08 -06. ht WCH 200 2005 & 100 2007; qf OLY 100 2012 (2008-ht). Based-Dakar
In 2015: 2 Tergnier 100; 7 Montgeron 100; 1 Vénissieux 100 ‘B’; 3 Oordegem Putbos 100; 1 Braine-l'Alleud 100 (2 200); 4 Lillebonne 200; 2 Reims 200 (3 100);
1 Bruay La Buissière 100; 6 French 100; 4ht Tomblaine 200; 1 Schifflange 100/200
303
BROWN Aaron CAN
23y
85d
1992
10.10
10.05 -13
Second leg for Canadian team which won relay bronze at 2013 World Championships (following Britain’s disqualification)
10.01w -13. 200 pb: 20.02w, 20.16 -14 (20.11w, 20.30 -15). 2 World Youth 100 2009; 3 WJC 200 2010 (5 100); 3 Pan-Am junior 100 2011; sf OLY 200 2012; sf
WCH 100 100 2013; sf COM 100 2014. 1 Canadian 100 2013 & 200 2015. Lives-Toronto. Coach-Dennis Mitchell. 1.98 tall
In 2015: 3 Tampa 100/200; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 5 Shanghai Diamond 200; 3 Hengelo 200; 5 Rome Diamond 200; 1 Canadian 200 (2 100); dq
Edmonton Classic 200; dq Pan-Am Games 4x100 final (team crossed line first in 38.06, but disqualified as their lead-off runner Gavin Smellie stepped on lane
line. Unfortunately both of his teams at the IAAF World Relays (4x100 & 4x200) were also disqualified)
305
WARNER Justyn CAN
28y
54d
1987
10.16
10.09 -12
2013 World relay bronze, he also anchored Canada to third place at the London Olympics before his team were disqualified for a marginal lane infringement
10.08w -15. 200 pb: 20.95 -11. 2 Pan-American junior 100 2005; 2 WJC 100 2006; sf WCH 100 2011; 7 WIC 60 2012; sf OLY 100 2012; 3 WCH 4x100 2013. 1
Canadian 100 2012. Based-Toronto. Graduate of Kinesiology from Texas Christian University. Wife-Nikkita Holder (2011 World Championship finalist at 100m
hurdles)
In 2015: 1 Clermont Elite 2 200 (6 100); 3 Canadian 100; 3 Edmonton Classic 100; 5ht Atlanta 100
309
DE GRASSE Andre CAN
20y
284d
1994
9.95
9.95 -15
(Pronounced De Grass, not De Grassi)
2015 US Collegiate Champion at both sprints (with super-fast though marginally wind-assisted times of 9.75 & 19.58). 2015 Pan-Am Games Champion in both
sprints
9.75w -15. 200 pb: 19.58w, 19.88 -15. 2 Pan-Am junior 100 2013 (3 200); sf COM 200 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 100/200 2015. 1 NCAA 100/200 2015; 1
Canadian 100 2015. Started as a basketball player, started racing seriously at age 17. Attends the University of Southern California. Coach-Caryl Smith Gilbert
(formerly Tony Sharpe, who “discovered” De Grass when he saw him run a 100m race in basketball shorts for fun)
In 2015: Indoor 60m pb down from 6.64 to 6.60, but disqualified at NCAA Indoor Championships for a false start; 2 NCAA indoor 200; 1 Florida Relays 200 (2
100); 2 Tucson 200; 1 Mt SAC Relays 100/200; 1 UCLA v USC 100/200; 1 Westwood 100/200; 1 NCAA 100/200; 1 Canadian 100; 1 Pan-Am Games 100/200
(dq 4x100 after team had crossed line first in 38.06; Lead-off runner Gavin Smellie went out of his lane)
25y 314d 1989
10.07
9.95 -12 NR
Caymanian record holder at 60m & 100m // 9.85w -15. 200 pb: 20.89 -09, 21.06 -07. sf World Youth 200 2005 (ht 100); sf WJC 100/200 2006; 8 WJC 100 2008;
ht WCH 100 2009/2013; sf OLY 100 2012; sf COM 100 2014. Ran first leg for Florida State sprint relay team which won at 2011 NCAA Championships
In 2015: 7 Tallahassee 100; 4 Florida Relays 100; 3 Clermont 100 (Apr 18); 1 Gainesville 100; 4 Cayman Invitational 100; 3 Rome Diamond 100 ‘B’; 6ht
Birmingham Diamond 100; 3 Velenje 100; 3 La Chaux-de-Fonds 100; dq Cork City 100; 4 Madrid 100; 5 Lucerne 100; 4sf Pan-Am Games 100; 5 North/Central
America & Caribbean 100 (in 10.21 after a windy 9.85 heat)
321
HYMAN Kemar CAY
323
YOUSSOUF Mahamat Goubaye CHA
In 2015: 8ht World Youth 100
17y
55d
1998
11.36
11.36 -15
337
ZHANG Peimeng CHN
28y
161d
1987
10.15
10.00 -13
Former Chinese record holder at 100m (at 10.00, set when he narrowly failed to reach the World Championship final in Moscow)
200 pb: 20.47 -13 (20.87 -15). sf WJC 200 2006; 2 WSG 100 2007; ht OLY 200 2008; 1 Asian Champs 100 2009 (2015-2); 5 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2012; sf
WCH 100 2013; sf WIC 60 2014; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2014; 4 Asian Games 100 2014 (1 4x100). 1 Chinese 100 2007. Born-Beijing. Coach-Li Qing
In 2015: 3 Jinan 200; 5 Kawasaki 100; 5 Beijing Challenge 100; 2 Asian Champs 100 (1 4x100)
25y 357d 1989
10.45
9.99 -15 NR
Chinese record holder at 100m. Twice Asian Champion at 100m // 200 pb: 21.23 -08. 1 Asian Indoor Games 60 2009; 1 East Asian Games 100 2009; 1 Asian
Champs 100 2011/2013 (1 4x100 2015); 3 WSG 100 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; ht WCH 100 2013; 1 East Asian Games 100 2013; 4 WIC 60 2014; 2 Asian
Games 100 2014 (1 4x100). 1 Chinese 100 2011/2012/2013
Born in a rural area in China's south-eastern province of Guangdong. Coach Yuan Guoqiang set China’s first national record of the electrical timing era,
clocking 10.61 in 1978 before improving to 10.52
In 2015: 3 Kawasaki 100; 3 Beijing Challenge 100; 3 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 Asian Champs 4x100
338
SU Bingtian CHN
355
KOFFI Wilfried CIV
356
MEÏTE Ben Youssef CIV
25y 331d 1989
10.09
10.05 -14 NR
Full name-Hua Wilfried Serge Koffi
2014 African Champion at both sprints, now World Student Games Champion at 200m
200 pb: 20.25 -14 (20.41 -15). 7 WSG 200 2011; 3 African Champs 100 2012; 3 WSG 100 2013 (6 200); qf WCH 100 2013; 1 African Champs 100/200 2014; 7
IAAF Continental Cup 100/200 2014; 1 WSG 200 2015. Attends Shanghai University
In 2015: 1 Kawasaki 100; 1 Dessau 100; 2 Marseille 100; 2 Montreuil 100; 6 Rabat 200; 1 Osterode 100/200; 1 WSG 200
28y
283d
1986
10.12
10.06 -10
2010 African Champion at 100m, 2012 African Champion at 200m // 200 pb: 20.37 -09 (20.55 -15). ht World Youth 100/200 2003; 1 West African 100 2005; qf
WCH 200 2009 (ht 100); 1 Francophone Games 100/200 2009; 1 African Champs 100 2010 (2 200); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2010 (5 100); sf WIC 60 2012
(2010-ht); 1 African Champs 200 2012; sf OLY 100 2012. Carried the Ivorian flag at the Opening Ceremony for London 2012
In 2015: 5 Greensboro 200; 5 Montverde 100; 1 US Clubs 100 (4 200); 1 La Roche-sur-Yon 100/200; 1 Castres 100/200
357
MPINGO Rossene COD
17y
355d
1997
413
MARTINEZ Yancarlos DOM
23y
43d
1992
10.14
10.14 -15 NR
Dominican Republic record holder at both sprints // 200 pb: 20.22 -15. 4 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2014; 7 Pan-Am Games 200 2015; 2
North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015
At the 2015 Pan-American Games, he broke the Dominican Republic 100m record of Juan Núñez (10.16) which had stood since 1983
In 2015: 1 Santo Domingo 200; 3 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 1 Medellín Restrepo 100/200; 1 Havana Barrientos 100/200; 6sf Pan-Am Games 100; 7 Pan-Am
Games 200 (sf 100, 5 4x100); 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 (4 4x100)
22y 350d 1992
10.22
10.22 -15 NR
Full name-Ratu Banuve Tabakaucoro
Fijian record holder at 100m & 200m
200 pb: 20.53 -15. sf World Youth 100 100 2009; 1 Oceanian junior 100/200 2010; qf WCH 100 2013 (ht 200); 1 Oceanian 100/4x100 2014/2015; sf COM 200
2014 (ht 100); 1 Pacific Games 100/200 2015. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he was cautioned for a false start in the 100m, then disqualified for one in
the 200m (having reached the semi-finals)
In 2015: 1 Melbourne Challenge 100 (5 200); 1 Australian 200 (2 100); 1 Oceanian 4x100 (May 9); 1 Oceanian 100/4x100 (2 200); 1 Pacific Games 100/200
479
TABAKAUCORO Banuve FIJ
499
LEMAITRE Christophe FRA
25y
71d
1990
10.07
9.92 -11
In Barcelona 2010 became the first man to win the sprint treble at the European Championships (but now he has lost all those titles to British athletes)
200 pb: 9.92 -11 (10.07 -15). 4 World Youth 100 2007 (5 200); 1 WJC 200 2008; 1 EJC 100 2009; dq qf WCH 100 2009 (false start); 2 ETCh 100 2010; 1 ECH
100/200/4x100 2010; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010; 3 EIC 60 2011 (2009-sf); 1 ETCh 100/200 2011 (1 100 2015 & 200 2015); 3 WCH 200 2011 (4 100); 2
WCH 4x100 2011; 1 ECH 100 2012; 6 OLY 200 2012; 7 WCH 100 2013 (injured); 2 ECH 100/200 2014 (3 4x100); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2014 (5 100). 1
French 100/200 2010/2011/2012/2014, 200 2013/2015 & indoor 60 2011/2014/2015. Coach-Pierre Carraz. 1.91/82kg
In 2015: 1 French indoor 60; 2 IAAF Relays 4x200 (5 4x100); 1 Vénissieux 100; 2 Tourcoing 100; 2 Rome Diamond 200; 4 Marseille 100; 1 Oslo Diamond 200;
1 ETCh 100 (2 4x100); 1 French 200 (2 100)
23y 175d 1992
9.86
9.86 -15 NR
Co-holder of European 100m record (with Francis Obikwelu) // 200 pb: 20.30 -13 (20.42 -15). 7 World Youth 100 2009; 3 WJC 100 2010; 1 ECH 4x100 2010; 1
EJC 100/4x100 2011; 6 WCH 100 2011 (2 4x100); sf OLY 100 2012 (3 4x100); 1 EIC 60 2013; 1 ETCh 100 2013/2014; sf WCH 100/200 2013; sf ECH 100
2014 (scratched with hamstring injury). 1 French indoor 60 2013 & 100 2013/2015. His mother is Ivorian. His younger brother Willy Vicaut is a 17.79 shot putter.
coach-Guy Ontanon
In 2015: 1 Gagny 200; 1 Tourcoing 100; 2 Rome Diamond 100; 4ht Birmingham Diamond 100 (dns final); 1 Rabat 200; 2 Paris Diamond 100 (equalled
European record with 9.86 behind Asafa Powell 9.81); 1 French 100 (2 200); 3 Monaco Diamond 100; 5 London Diamond 100 (2 4x100)
500
VICAUT Jimmy FRA
513
DASAOLU James GBR
27y
350d
1987
10.12
9.91 -13
Full name-Oyeyemi Olatokunbo James Dasaolu. Name pronounced “Das-a-o-loo” (four syllables). 2014 European Champion at 100m
sf OLY 100 2012; 2 EIC 60 2013; 1 ETCh 4x100 2013; 8 WCH 100 2013; 1 ECH 100 2014 (2010-sf); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2014. 1 English under-23
100 2008; 2 UK 100 2010; 1 UK indoor 60 2013/2014. Graduate of Leisure Management from Loughborough University. Coach-Steve Fudge (since January
2012)
In 2015: 8 Doha Diamond 100; 6 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 Hérouville 100; 2 UK 100; 9 London Diamond 100
527
KILTY Richard GBR
25y
353d
1989
10.05
10.05 -15
2014 World Indoor & 2015 European Indoor Champion at 60m // 200 pb: 20.34 -13 (20.54 -15). sf WJC 200 2008 (5 4x100); 7 under-23 ECH 200 2009; 2 under
-23 ECH 4x100 2011; 6 ETCh 100 2013; 1 WIC 60 2014; sf COM 100 2014 (2 4x100); 1 ECH 4x100 2014. 1 English Schools 100 2007; 1 English junior 200
2008. Father Kevin was a 10.8 100m sprinter and a professional bodybuilder, his sister Heidi is also an athlete. Coach-Linford Christie (formerly Rana Rieder)
In 2015: 1 EIC 60; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 2 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 100; 1 Gavardo 100; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike 100; 5 Birmingham Diamond 100; 3
Oslo Diamond 200; 2 ETCh 100 (1 4x100); dqht London Diamond 100 (0.099 reaction) (1 4xq00); 1sf English 100 (scratched from final)
529
UJAH Chijindu GBR
21y
169d
1994
9.96
9.96 -14/15
(“CJ”). 2013 European Junior Champion at 100m and the fifth British men ever to break 10 seconds for the distance
200 pb: 20.47 -15. 8 World Youth 100 2011; 2 Commonwealth Youth Games 100 2011; 6 WJC 100 2012; 1 EJC 100 2013; dq EIC 60 final 2015. 1 UK 100
2015. 1 UK indoor 60 2015. His is a big supporter of Arsenal Football Club and his favourite player is Theo Walcott with who he once trained while the footballer
was returning from an injury. Coach-Jonas Tawiah-DoDoo
In 2015: 1 London Games 60; 1 UK indoor 60; dq EIC 60 final (false start); 4 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 100; 1 Loughborough ‘International’ 100/200; 1
Hengelo 100; 4 Rome Diamond 200; 6 Birmingham Diamond 100; 1 UK 100; 4 Lucerne 100; 4 Monaco Diamond 100; 4 London Diamond 100
540
da SILVA Holder GBS
27y
211d
1988
10.74
10.36 -09 NR
Guinea-Bissauan record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m // 10.74w -15. 200 pb: 21.01 -09. ht WJC 100 2006; ht WCH 100 2007 & 200 2011; ht OLY 100
2008/2012; ht WIC 60 2010/2012; qf WCH 100 2013. 1 Portuguese under-23 100/200 2009
In 2015: 5 Lisbon 100; 1 Bondoufle 200 ‘B’; 7 Argentan 100; 2 Lillebonne 200 ‘B’; 4ht Tomblaine 100
27y 113d 1988
10.09
10.05 -14 NR
German record holder at 100m (At Ulm on July 26, 2014 he clocked 10.05 to break by 0.01 the record which had stood for 29 years to the GDR athlete Frank
Emmelmann)
10.00w -13 (10.07w -15). 200 pb: 20.36 -13 (20.42 -15). sf World Youth 100 2005 (ht 200); sf WJC 200 2006 (ht 100); 1 EJC 100/4x100 2007 (2 200); 6 WCH
4x100 2007; sf ECH 100 2012 (2 4x100); 8 ETCh 200 2013; qf WCH 100 2013 (4 4x100); 3 EIC 60 2015 (2013-6). 1 German 100 2013/2014/2015, 200
2012/2013/2015 & indoor 60 2013. Coach-Gerhard Jäger
In 2015: 3 German indoor 60; 3 EIC 60; 7ht Clermont 100 (Apr 18); 1 Berlin 100; 5 Székesfehérvár 100; 1 Zeulenroda 100/200; 1 German 100/200; 2
Mannheim 100
548
REUS Julian GER
551
KNIPPHALS Sven GER
29y
335d
1985
10.13
10.13 -15
2014 European relay silver // 10.07w -15. 200 pb: 20.48 -14 (20.64 -15). 4 WCH 4x100 2013; sf ECH 100 2014 (2 4x100); 3 ETCh 100 2015. 1 British
Universities indoor 200 2010 & 60 2011, representing Bournemouth University where he was a student of Chiropracty; 1 UK indoor 200 2012; 2 German 200
2013
His father Jens was an 8.14 long jumper in the 80s (3 EIC 83), his grandfather Hans Jürgen Knipphals played handball for Germany
In 2015: 4 Clermont 100 (Apr 18); 3 IAAF Relays 4x200 (8 4x100); 1 Clermont Elite 2 100 ‘B’/200; 1ht Regensburg Sparkassen 100; 3 ETCh 100/4x100; 2ht
German 100; 3 Mannheim 100 (Aug 8)
582
DANSOKO Mohamed Lamine GUI
17y
159d
1998
591
BOBI Yaspy INA
27y
297d
1987
10.44
10.44 -15
28y
28d
1987
10.12
10.12 -15
200 pb: 21.79 -15. 2 South East Asian Games 100 2015
In 2015: 2 Singaporean International Champs 100; 2 South East Asian Games 100
595
GHASEMI Reza IRI
Full name-Reza Ali Ghasemi
2012 Asian Indoor Champion at 60m. 2015 Asian Champs bronze at 100m
200 pb: 20.68 -15. sf WIC 60 2010/2012; 6 WSG 200 2011; 1 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2012 (2010-2, 2014-3); ht OLY 100 2012; 4 Asian Champs 100/200
2013; ht WCH 100 2013; sf WIC 60 2014; 3 Asian Champs 100 2015 (6 200). Tattoo of the words “Persian Gulf” down his left arm
In 2015: 1 Tehran 200 (2 100); 3 Asian Champs 100 (6 200); 2 Almaty 100/200
22y 109d 1993
10.10
10.10 -15 NR
Iranian record holder at 100m // 200 pb: 20.76w -15, 20.82 -13. 2 Asian junior 100 2010; sf WJC 100 2010/2012; 8 Asian Champs 100 2013; ht WCH 100 2013;
sf WIC 60 2014
In 2015: 1 Tehran 100 (Apr 30); 1 Bangkok 100; 1 Pathumthani 100; 1 Chanthaburi 100; 2 Tehran 200 (Jul 12); 1 Almaty 100
598
TAFTIAN Hassan IRI
616
RIPARELLI Jacques ITA
32y
147d
1983
10.11
10.11 -15
Former Italian Indoor Champion. (Unusually he is the only male Italian sprinter at the championships)
200 pb: 20.95 -10. ht WCH 4x100 2007; sf ECH 100 2012; 5 Mediterranean Games 100 2013. 1 Italian indoor 60 2010; 2 Italian 100 2008/2014
In 2015: 2 Rovereto 200; 1 Gavardo 100 ‘B’; 2ht Gavardo 100; 9 Rome Diamond 100 ‘B’; 1 Gorizia 100; 1 Feltre 100; dq Nembro 100; 6 La Chaux-de-Fonds
100; 3 Italian 100
618
ASHMEADE Nickel JAM
25y
136d
1990
9.91
9.90 -13
Top five in both sprints at Moscow 2013, then relay gold when he passed to Usain Bolt
200 pb: 19.85 -12 (20.18 -15). 2 World Youth 100 2007 (3 200); 2 WJC 200 2008 (2 4x100); 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2009; 4 WCH 200
2013 (2011-5); 5 WCH 100 2013 (1 WCH 4x100); 1 IAAF Relays 4x100/4x200 2014; 3 COM 100 2014 (1 4x100). 1 Jamaican 200 2011 & 100 2014. He plans
to become a professional chef and says “cooking is my passion”
In 2015: 1ht Clermont 100 (Apr 18); 1 IAAF Relays 4x200 (2 4x100); 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 3 Shanghai Diamond 200; 3 Eugene Diamond 200;
6 New York Diamond 100; 1 Jamaican 200 (2 100); 8 Lausanne Diamond 200; 6 Monaco Diamond 100; 4 London Diamond 200
619
BAILEY-COLE Kemar JAM
23y
223d
1992
9.92
9.92 -15
Double gold at 2014 Commonwealth Games, then wins at Birmingham, Zurich & Zagreb; he was the Jamaican #1 at 100m last year
200 pb: 20.66 -15. sf World Youth 100/200 2009; 7 Central American & Caribbean junior 100 2010; Gold OLY 4x100 2012; 4 WCH 100 2013 (1 4x100); 1 COM
100/4x100 2014. Bailey is his mother’s name, Cole is his father’s. Coach-Glen Mills. 1.95 tall
In 2015: 1 Kingston GC Foster 200 ‘B’; 1 University of West Indies Invitational 200 ‘C’; 3 Kingston Classic 100; 2 IAAF Relays 4x100; 2 Cayman Invitational
100; 2 Kingston All-Comers 4 200 ‘B’; 3 Jamaican 100; 3 Lucerne 100; 3 London Diamond 100 (pb 9.92 in cold and wet)
29y today 1986
9.87
9.58 -09 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Now eight World Championship and six Olympic golds. World record holder at both 100m & 200m since 2008
200 pb: 19.19 -09 (20.13 -15). 150 pb: 14.35 -09. 400 pb: 45.28 -07 (46.38 -15). 1 Central American Youth 200/400 2002; 1 WJC 200 2002 (2 4x100/4x400); 1
World Youth 200 2003 (2001-sf); ht OLY 200 2004; 8 WCH 200 2005 (injured); 2 WCP 200 2006; 2 WCH 200/4x100 2007; 1 OLY 100/200/4x100 2008/2012; 1
WCH 100/200/4x100 2009/2013; 1 WCH 200/4x100 2011 (dq WCH 100 final with a false start – “I lost focus”); 1 COM 4x100 2014. 1 Jamaican 200 2003 (at
age 17)/2007/2008/2009 (1 100 2008/2009/2013). Coach-Glen Mills. 1.95 tall (6-5)
In 2014: Three wins from three races – heat & final of 4x100 at Commonwealth Games, then 9.98 100m in Warsaw
In 2015: 1 Kingston GC Foster 400; Met Barack Obama during the US President’s visit to Jamaica on April 10; 1 Kingston Classic 200; 1 Río de Janeiro 100; 1
Ostrava 200; 1 New York Diamond 200; 1 London Diamond 100 (9.87 heat & final in the cold & wet)
Withdrew from Paris & Lausanne Diamond Leagues with pelvic injury, explaining he was “unable to compete at 100%” – “I would have wanted him to have had
more races,” says coach Mills
620
BOLT Usain JAM
634
POWELL Asafa JAM
32y
271d
1982
9.81
9.72 -08
Captain of Jamaican men’s team in Beijing
The world’s most prolific sub-10 second 100m runner
200 pb: 19.90 -06. 400 pb: 45.94 -09. 5 OLY 100 2004/2008 (2012-7); 1 COM 100/4x100 2006; 3 WCH 100 2007 & 2 4x100; 1 OLY 4x100 2008; 3 WCH 100
2009 & 1 4x100. 1 Jamaican 100 2004/2005/2007/2011 (1 200 2006). Set World records at 100m of 9.77 in Athens 2005, Gateshead 2006 and Zurich 2006,
then 9.74 in Rieti 2007. Initially banned for 18 months in 2013/2014 for failing a doping control test for an amphetamine, but this was reduced to six months on
appeal
His 9.87 at Bellinzona on July 21, 2015 was his 98th sub-10 second run (90 legal, 7 windy + 1 hand time) – excluding the 9.88 from Lausanne on 4 Jul 13,
which fell within his period of suspension
In 2015: 6 San Antonio 400; 1 Baie Mahault 100; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike 100; 1 Marseille 100; 1 Montreuil 100; 1
Jamaican 100; 1 Paris Diamond 100; 1 Lucerne 100; 1 Bellinzona 100; 1 Atlanta 100
656
TAKASE Kei JPN
26y
268d
1988
10.09
10.09 -15
2014 Asian Games 100m bronze // 200 pb: 20.14 -15. 400 pb: 46.46 -10. 1 Asian Champs 4x400 2011; sf OLY 200 2012; 3 Asian Champs 200 2013 (2 4x100);
3 Asian Games 100 2014 (2 4x100). 1 Japanese 200 2012 & 100 2015
In 2015: 2 Texas Relays 200; 1 Fukuroi 200; 2 Kawasaki 100; 1 Kumagaya 200; 1 Japanese 100 (2 200); 4 Lignano 100 ‘B’; 3ht Madrid 100; 4 Lucerne 100 ‘B’;
6 Lucerne 200
707
MAKIN Kimwaua KIR
8ht Youth Olympic Games 100 2014
18y
13d
1997
709
KIM Kuk-Young KOR
24y
124d
1991
10.15
10.16 -15 NR
Korean record holder at 100m // 200 pb: 20.83 -15. sf WJC 100 2010; sf Asian Games 100 2010/2014 & Asian Champs 2011/2015; 6 WSG 100 2015
In 2015: 2 Hiroshima 100 ‘B’; 1 Taipei 100; 4sf Asian Champs 100; 1 Korean 100; 6 WSG 100
26y 135d 1989
10.11
10.11 -15 NR
Lesotho record holder at 60m, 100m and 200m
Close fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games
200 pb: 20.36 -14 (20.42 -15). 400 pb: 47.34 -14. ht WJC 100 2008; 8 COM 200 2010 (ht 100); ht WCH 200 2011; ht WIC 60 2012; 5 African Champs 100 2012
(7 200); ht OLY 200 2012; 4 COM 200 2014
In 2015: 1 Réduit 100; 5 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 4 Hengelo 200; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike 100; 4 Rome Diamond 100 ‘B’; 3 Marseille 100; 3
Montreuil 100; 3 Rabat 200; 2 Turku 100; 2 Tomblaine 200; 4 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 100
723
LEHATA Mosito LES
728
LEONG Wang Kuong MAC
25y
156d
1990
10.89
10.89 -15
ht Asian Games 100 2014
31y
27d 1984
10.16
10.09 -11 NR
Moroccan record holder at 100m & 200m // 10.07w -15. 200 pb: 20.50 -12 (20.69 -15). 4 Mediterranean Games 100 2009; 2 Francophone Games 100 2009; 4
African Championships 200 2010 (6 100); 2 World Military Games 100/200 2011; sf WCH 100 2011 (2009-ht); 1 Arab Games 200 2011 (3 100); 8 WIC 60 2012;
ht OLY 200 2012; 6 African Champs 100 2014 (2008-7)
In 2015: 3 Arab 100; 1 Montgeron 100; 3 Tourcoing 100; 2 Salzburg 100; 1 Moroccan 100; 8 Rabat 200; 5 Tomblaine 200; 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds 100 (1 200
‘B’); 5 French 200; 2 La Roche-sur-Yon 100 (6 200)
740
OUHADI Aziz MAR
747
SAAID Hassan MDV
23y
169d
1992
10.50
10.50 -15 NR
Maldivan record holder at 100m, 200m & 400m
2015 Indian Ocean Island Games Champion at 100m
200 pb: 21.19 -15. 400 pb: 47.48 -13. ht COM 200/400 2010; sf Asian Champs 200 2013; ht COM 100/200 2014. Drastic improvement at 400m at the 2010
Commonwealth Games, from a listed best of 59.8 to a Maldives record 48.56 (since improved to 47.48)
In 2015: 4 Kingston All-Comers 1 100 ‘B’; 4sf Asian Champs 100 (6sf 200); 1 Johor Bahru 100/200; 1 Indian Ocean Island Games 100 (2 200)
749
PANDEV Riste MKD
21y
208d
1994
10.70
10.61 -13 NR
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian record holder at 60m, 100m & 200m (in other words, he’s their current record holder in all three sprints)
200 pb: 21.65 -14 (21.67 -15). ht WJC 200 2012; ht EIC 60 2013/2015; ht WCH 100 2013; ht WIC 60 2014; ht ECH 200 2014
In 2015: 7ht EIC 60; 1 Bar 100; 4 Berne 100 (2 200 ‘B’); 2 ETCh 3rd League 100 (6 200); 5ht under-23 ECH 100
756
EL MOCTAR Jidou MTN
30y
44d
1985
11.58 -14
Carried the Mauritanian flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games
200 pb: 22.94 -12. ht OLY 200 2012; ht African Champs 100 2014
31y
48d 1984
10.08
9.91 -12 NR
Ex-Netherlands Antilles (country now dissolved)
He and Usain Bolt were the only men to have contested both Olympic sprint finals in Beijing and London
200 pb: 19.85 -12 (20.37 -15). 400 pb: 46.13 -07. sf World Youth 100 99; qf WJC 100 2002 (2000-ht); 1 South American Games 100 2002 (2 200); qf OLY 100
2004; qf WCH 100 2005/2009 (2003-ht); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2006/2010 & 200 2010; 1 Pan-Am Games 100 2007; 5 WCH 100/200
2007; 4 OLY 100 2008 (2008-dq for running out of lane, he would otherwise have won silver behind Bolt with 19.82); sf WIC 60 2010; 2 IAAF Continental Cup
200 2010; sf WCH 100 2011 (2009-qf); 1 ECH 200/4x100 2012; 5 OLY 100/200 2012; 7 WCH 200 2013 (sf 100); dq ETCh 200 2014 (lane); 4 ECH 200 2104 (sf
100, 5 4x100). 1 Dutch 100/200 2011 (1 100 2012/2013)
In 2015: 4 Florida Relays 200 ‘C’; 2 Tampa 200 (1 100 “B’); 4 Río de Janeiro 100; 1 Gainesville 200; 7 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames;
7 Shanghai Diamond 200; 1 Hengelo 200 (6 100); 4 Montverde 100 (1 200 ‘B’); 7 Rabat 200; 3 ETCh 1st League 100; 7 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Hilversum 100; 6
Lausanne Diamond 200; 8 Madrid 100; 1 Dutch 100; 1 Mannheim 100
764
MARTINA Churandy NED
777
DAGIERIO M. Dagierio NRU
784
AL-HARTHI Barakat OMA
790
TELTULL Rodman PLW
23y
331d
1991
27y
66d 1988
10.29
10.17 -11 NR
Full name-Barakat Mubarak Al-Harthi
Omani record holder at 100m & 200m
200 pb: 20.77 -11 (21.18 -15). ht WCH 100 2009; 3 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2010; sf WIC 60 2010; 1 Arab Games 100 2011; ht OLY 100 2012; 1 West Asian
100 2012 (2 200); 3 Arab Champs 100 2013; 3 Asian Champs 100 2013; ht WCH 100 2013; sf WIC 60 2014
In 2015: 1 Northridge 100/200 ‘B’; 1 Qatif 200 (2 100); 2 Arab 100/200; 1 Doha Emir Cup 100 ‘B’/200; 3sf Asian Champs 100 (5ht 200, 7 4x100)
21y
204d
1994
10.71
10.71 -15 NR
1986
10.16
10.16 -15
Palauan record holder at 100m // ht WJC 100 2010; ht WCH 100 2011; ht WIC 60 2012; ht OLY 2012
In 2015: 3 Queensland State 100 ‘B’/200; 4 Melbourne Challenge 100; 5ht Australian 100; 2 Pacific Games 100
819
NASCIMENTO Yazaldes POR
29y
126d
2014 European 100m finalist // 100 pb: 10.15w -11, 10.21 -14. 200 pb: 20.87 -11. 2 under-23 ECH 4x100 2007; 3 Ibero-American 200 2010; 8 ECH 100 2014;
sf EIC 60 2015. 1 Portuguese 100 2011/2014/2015 (1 200 2011/2014). Originally from São Tomé and Príncipe
In 2015: 1 Portuguese indoor 60; 1 Portuguese Clubs indoor 60; 5sf EIC 60; 4 Clermont Elite 2 100 ‘B’; 2 European Clubs Cup 100 (3 200); 1 Salamanca
100/200; 1 Portuguese Clubs 100; 2 ETCh 1st League 100 (3 200); 1 Lisbon 100; 6 Madrid 100; 2 Monaco Diamond 4x100; 1 Portuguese 100
823
BRADAI Gregory PYF
22y
62d
1993
11.29
11.29 -15
ht WIC 60 2014
24y
98d 1991
9.91
9.91 -15 NR
TRANSFEREE – Formerly: NGR, gained Qatari citizenship in 2009. Full name-Femi Seun Ogunode
Asian record holder at 100m. 2014 World indoor bronze at 60m
200 pb:20.06 -14 (20.28 -15). 400 pb: 45.12 -10. 1 West Asian 100/200 2010. 1 Asian Games 200/400 2010/2014; 1 Asian Champs 200 2011; 1 World Military
Games 100/200 2011; 8 WCH 400 2011 (sf 200); 2 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2014; 3 WIC 60 2014; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 100/200 2014; 1 Asian Champs
100/200 2015. Served two-year doping suspension in 2012-2014
His younger brother Tosin Ogunode (born 1994) suddenly clocked 6.50 for 60m in January 2014 and is also hoping to gain Qatari citizenship; they are both
based in Los Angeles and coached by Gentry Bradley (USA, 1 US 200 98)
In 2015: 1 Tampa 100; 1 Arab 100/200; 1 Doha Emir Cup 100/200; 5 Doha Diamond 100; 1 Asian Champs 100/200; 2 Rabat 200
831
OGUNODE Femi QAT
837
BRUINTJIES Henricho RSA
22y
36d 1993
9.97
9.97 -15 NR
Co-holds the South African 100m record (with Akani Simbine) // 200 pb: 20.62 -15. 4 COM 4x100 2014 (first leg, team went on to set a South African record
38.35); sf African Champs 100 2014
In 2015: 2 Pretoria 100/200; 3 Gauteng North 200; 3 South African Universities 100; 3 Potchefstroom Open 100; 1 Dakar Challenge 200 (3 100); 3 Namur 200;
2 Dessau 100; 1 Prague Odložil 100; 1 Bydgoszcz 200; 2 Hérouville 100; 1 Turku 100; 2 Velenje 100; 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds 100
846
JOBODWANA Anaso RSA
23y
21d
1992
10.13
10.10 -13
Olympic & world finalist at 200m // 200 pb: 20.04 -15. 8 OLY 200 2012; 1 WSG 100/200 2013; 6 WCH 200 2013. Studying physiotherapy at Jackson State
University in Mississippi
In 2015: 1 Texas Relays 200; 1 Tempe 200; 1 South African 200; 1 Cayman Invitational 200; 2 Eugene Diamond 200; 2 Prague Odložil 100; 2 Oslo Diamond
200; 2 Lignano 100; 2 Lausanne Diamond 200; 1 Lucerne 200; 3 London Diamond 200; 2 Stockholm Diamond 200
21y 334d 1993
9.97
9.97 -15 NR
Co-holds the South African 100m record (with Henricho Bruintjies), set when winning the 2015 World Student Games final
200 pb: 20.27 -15. sf WSG 200 2013; sf WCH 100 2013; 2013; 5 COM 200 (sf 100, 4 4x100 with South African record); 1 WSG 100 2015. 1 South African 100
2015. Student of Information Science at the University of Pretoria
In 2015: 1 Pretoria 100/200 (Mar 7); 1 Pretoria 100/200 (Mar 14); 1 Gauteng North 100/200; 1 South African 100; 1 Stellenbosch 200; 2 Hengelo 100; 6 Rome
Diamond 100; 4 New York Diamond 100; 2 Sopot 100; 1 Velenje 100; 1 WSG 100; 1 Karlstad 100/200
856
SIMBINE Akani RSA
894
ADAMS Antoine SKN
26y
354d
1988
10.03
10.01 -13/14
Kittian and Nevisian record holder at 200m (replacing Kim Collins). Fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games 100m, thid at 2015 Pan-American Games
10.00w -14. 200 pb: 20.08 -14 (20.47 -15). qf COM 200 2010; 3 WCH 4x100 2011; 2 Pan-Am Games 4x100 2011 (sf 200); sf OLY 100/200 2012; 1 Central
American & Caribbean Champs 200 2013; 4 COM 100 2014 (sf 200); 3 Pan-Am Games 100 2015; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015 (1 4x100
‘B’). Coach-Eric Francis (he is in the same training group as new Trinidadian sprint star Michelle-Lee Ahye)
In 2015: Full indoor season, highlighted by 2nd place at New York Millrose Games 60; 1 San Marcos 100; 6 Texas Relays 100; 3 Florida Relays 100/200; 2
Austin 200; 3 San Marcos Classic 100/200; 6 IAAF Relays 4x100/4x200; 3 Ponce 100; 1 Kittian & Nevisian 200 (2 100); 2 Trinidadian 100 ‘B’ (dnf 200 ‘B’); 3
Pan-Am Games 100 (sf 200); 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 (1 4x100 ‘B’)
39y 137d 1976
9.99
9.96 -14 NR
Former World Champion. Now he’s the oldest man to have broken 10 seconds for 100 metres and has done so across a span of 15 years
9.92w -03. 200 pb: 20.08w -10, 20.20 -01. qf OLY 100 96; 7 OLY 100 2000 (sf 200); 1 Central American 100 2001/2003 ; =3 WCH 200 2001 (2009-qf); 1 COM
100 2002; 2 WCP 100 2002; 2 WIC 60 2003 (2008-2=); 1 WCH 100 2003 (97/99-ht, 2001-5, 2005-3, 2007-sf, 2009-qf, 2011-3); 6 OLY 100 2004 & 200 2008 (sf
100 2008); 3 WCH 4x100 2011; 2 Pan-Am Games 100 2011. Coach/wife-Paula Collins
He is back on his national team for the first time since he was dropped by his Olympic committee from London 2012 because they said he flouted team rules by
leaving the athlete’s village without permission
In 2015: Unbeaten in nine meetings indoors, including Birmingham; 4 Baie Mahault 100; 3 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 100; 4 Doha Diamond 100; 6
Kingston All-Comers 2 200; 4 Eugene Diamond 100; 5 Rome Diamond 100; 5ht Birmingham Diamond 100; 1 Kittian & Nevisian 100; 1 Sopot 100; 5 Paris
Diamond 100; 6 Lausanne Diamond 100; 1 Bellinzona 100; 8 London Diamond 100
These are his 10th World Championships, previously every one in 1993-2011 but not 2013
895
COLLINS Kim SKN
896
LAWRENCE BJ SKN
25y
237d
1989
10.25
10.12 -12
Full name-Brijesh Sharmari Lawrence
Anchored St Kitts & Nevis relay team to surprise bronze medals at 2011 World Championships
10.11w -14. 200 pb: 20.34 -14 (20.66 -15). qf COM 100 2010; 4 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2011; ht WCH 200 2011 (3 4x100); sf WIC 60
2012/2014; sf COM 100 2014 (ht 200); 7 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015. Moved to USA in 1998. Former (American) footballer
In 2015: 1 Las Vegas 100 (2 200); 4 Florida Relays 200 (5 100); 3 Tempe 100 (6 200); 7 Mt SAC Relays 100; 6 IAAF Relays 4x100/4x200; 2 Ponce 100 ‘B’; 2
Kittian & Nevisian 200 (3 100); 7ht Pan-Am Games 100; 7 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 (1 4x100 ‘B’)
901
TAQIMAMA Claytus SOL
22y
92d
1993
-
-
907
DE BARROS Joao Manuel Pina STP
22y
88d
1993
10.93
10.93 -15
22y
242d
1992
10.28
10.28 -15 NR
ht African Champs 100 2014 // In 2015: 6 Portuguese under-23 100
912
VANAN Jeffrey SUR
Full name-Jeffrey Danny Vanan
Surinamer record holder at 100m // 200 pb: 21.30 -15. 4 South American 100 2015; sf WSG 100 2015. Student of Public Administration at Anton de Kom
University of Suriname in Paramaribo
In 2015: 1 Willemstad 100; 1 St-Laurent-Maroni 100; 4 South American 100; 8sf WSG 100 (5qf 200)
929
MOSA'ATI La Shondra David TGA
19y
97d
1996
11.54
11.54 -15
24y
215d
1991
10.69
10.60 -14
27y
165d
1988
9.86
9.86 -12/15
In 2015: 3ht Pacific Games 100
933
TIEBEKABE Yendountien TOG
200 pb: 21.50 -14. sf African Champs 100 2014; ht WCH 200 2013
In 2015: 5 Bamako 100; 2 Reims 100 ‘B’; 4 Nivelles 100; 4 Bruay La Buissière 100; 6 Paris 100
937
BLEDMAN Keston TTO
Ran opening leg for Trinidad team which won Olympic sprint relay silver in 2008 and 2012 (upgraded from bronze after Tyson Gay’s disqualification)
9.94w -15. 200 pb: 20.73 -08. 3 World Youth 100 2005; 7 WJC 100 2006; 1 Pan-Am junior 100 2007; 2 OLY 4x100 2008/2012; 1 Central American & Caribbean
Champs 100 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; sf WCH 100 2013 (2007-ht); sf COM 100 2014 (3 4x100); 4 Pan-Am Games 100 2015. 1 Trinidadian 100
2012/2013/2015. Ran 4x100 heat at 2009 World Championships, so awarded silver medal won by Trinidad in final
In 2015: 2 Florida Relays 200; 1 Clermont 100 (Apr 18); 1 Gainesville 100; 7 IAAF Relays 4x100; 3 Doha Diamond 100; 1 Ponce 100; 5ht Birmingham Diamond
100; 2 New York Diamond 100; 1 Trinidadian 100; 1 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 100; 5 Lausanne Diamond 100; 5 Monaco Diamond 100; 4 Pan-Am Games 100 (3
4x100)
944
SORRILLO Rondell TTO
29y
212d
1986
10.16
10.03 -12
World 200m finalist in 2011 // 9.99w -13. 200 pb: 20.16 -11 (20.46 -15). 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2008/2009; qf OLY 200 2008; 7 WCH
200 2011; sf OLY 100 2012 (ht 200); 2 IAAF Relays 4x100 2014; sf COM 200 2014 (3 4x100). 1 NCAA 200 2010 (2 100). 1 Trinidad 200 2009
In 2015: 1 Florida Relays 200 ‘B’ (2 100); 7 IAAF Relays 4x100; 2 Trinidadian 200 (3 100); 3 Pan-Am Games 4x100 (sf 200)
958
HARVEY Jak Ali TUR
26y
138d
1989
10.03
10.03 -15
TRANSFEREE – Formerly Jacques Harvey JAM, gained Turkish citizenship on July 25, 2014 and (with the requisite agreement of the Jamaican AA) cleared by
IAAF to compete for Turkey from July 24, 2015 (just in time for him to become Balkan 100m Champion on August 1)
200 pb: 20.44 -13 (20.72w/20.82 -15). 5 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 100 2010; 1 WSG 100 2011; 1 Balkan 100 2015. 7 Jamaican 100
2010/2011 (2012-8)
In 2015: 6 Clermont 100 (Apr 18); 7 Gainesville 200; 7 Clermont Elite 2 100; 1 Mersin 200 (2 200); 1 European Clubs Cup 100 (2 200); 3 Montverde 100; 1
Hilversum 100; 4 Székesfehérvár 100; 1 Kortrijk 100 (2 200); 1 Lucerne 100 ‘B’; 1 Bellinzona 100 ‘B’; 1 Erzurum 100; 1 Balkan 100
962
ETIMONI Timuani TUV
23y
311d
1991
963
SALMEIN Naseib UAE
27y
34d
1988
The 10.17 for him in Dubai on June 5, 2015 is being regarded by most statisticians as a hand-time (therefore 10.2)
200 pb: 20.84 -15
In 2015: 1 Dubai 100; 4 Plovdiv 100; 3 Sofia 200; 1 Stara Zagora 200; 2 Stockholm Diamond 200 ‘B’; 1 Granollers 200
10.73
10.73 -15
997
BROMELL Trayvon USA
20y
42d
1995
9.84
9.84 -15
Full name-Trayvon Jaquez Bromell
In 2014 at 18 years 338 days, he became the youngest ever to run a sub-10 second 100m legally
9.76w -15. 200 pb: 19.86w, 20.03 -15. 3 Pan-Am junior 100 2013; 2 WJC 1002014 (1 4x100). 1 US junior 100 2013/2014; 1 NCAA 100 2014 & indoor 200
2015. Student of film and digital media at Baylor University
In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor 200 (dq/ht 60 false start); 1 Texas Relays 100; 1 Baylor Invitational 200; 1 Waco 100; 1 Austin 200; 1 Ames ‘Big 12’ 100/200; 2 NCAA
100 (3 200); 2 US 100; dq Monaco Diamond 100 (false start) (1 4x100); 1 Chiba Juntendo 100
1017
GATLIN Justin USA
33y
192d
1982
9.74
9.74 -15
Former World & Olympic Champion, but now faster than ever // 200 pb: 19.57 -15. 1 WIC 60 2003/2012; 1 OLY 100 2004 (2 4x100, 3 200); 1 WCH 100/200
2005; sf WCH 100 2011 (dnf 4x100); 3 OLY 100 2012 (2 4x100); 2 WCH 100/4x100 2013.1 NCAA 100/200 2001/2002. 1 US 100/200 2005 & 100 2012/2013.
Suspended for two years after testing positive for amphetamines at the 2001 US Junior Championships, the IAAF agreed to early reinstatement in July 2002. In
2006 before equalling world 100m record of 9.77 he failed a doping control for Testosterone and was then banned for four years to July 2010
Unbeaten in 19 races in 2014 (including one heat) and so far in 2015
In 2015: 1 Florida Relays 4x100; 1 Tampa 200 (20.10w); 1 Penn Relays 4x100; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 (dq 4x200); 1 Doha Diamond 100 (9.74); 1 Eugene
Diamond 200 (19.68); 1 Rome Diamond 100 (9.75); 1 US 200 (19.57); 1 Székesfehérvár 100 (10.02); 1 Lausanne Diamond 100 (9.75); 1 Monaco Diamond 100
(9.78) / 4x100
33y
12d 1982
9.87
9.69 -09 NR
Former World Champion // 9.68w -08 (9.85w -15). 200 pb: 19.58 -09. 400 pb: 44.89 -10. 4 WCH 200 2005; 1 WCP 100/4x100 2006; 1 WCH 100/200/4x100
2007; sf OLY 100 2008 (dnf/ht 4x100); 2 WCH 100 2009; dq OLY 100/4x100 2012
Failed three doping control tests up to June 23, 2013 but then provided confidential “substantial assistance” to the US Anti-Doping Agency. Therefore under the
World Anti-Doping Agency’s Code he became eligible for a reduction of the otherwise applicable two-year suspension and so was declared ineligible for one
year to June 22, 2014. Having further admitted using a prohibited substance from July 15, 2012, all his results from that date were annulled including his
performances at the London Olympics
In 2015: 2 Mt SAC Relays 4x100; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 (third leg for team which beat Jamaica); 1 Eugene Diamond 100; 1 New York Diamond 100; 1 US 100;
3 Lausanne Diamond 100; 2 Monaco Diamond 100 (1 4x100)
1018
GAY Tyson USA
1054
RODGERS Mike USA
30y
119d
1985
9.88
9.85 -11
2010 World indoor silver at 60m. Twice US Champion at 100m // 9.80w -14 (9.86w -15). 200 pb: 20.24 -09 (20.63 -15). sf WCH 100 2009; 2 WIC 60 2010 (2008
-4); 6 WCH 100 2013 (2 4x100); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2014. 1 US 100 2009/2014; 1 US indoor 60 2008/2010/2011. His younger sister Alishea Usery
was 2009 US Junior Champion at 400m. Coach-Darryl Woodson
He has been wearing his trademark headbands since college, when he needed them to keep his dreadlocks in place. He also owns more than 200 baseball
caps and a 55-gallon tank of tropical fish at his home in St. Louis
In 2015: Best of 6.52 for 60m indoors, but he was disqualified for a false start in Birmingham; 2 Florida Relays 200 ‘C’; 3 Austin 200; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 (first
leg for team which beat Jamaica); 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 100; 2 Doha Diamond 100; 2 Beijing Challenge 100; 2 Eugene Diamond 100; 3 Rome
Diamond 100; 3 Birmingham Diamond 100; 3 US 100; 3 Paris Diamond 100; 2 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 100; 4 Lausanne Diamond 100; 1 Madrid 100; 2 London
Diamond 100; (Twelve big 100m finals already for him this year, nine of them sub-10)
1068
YOUNG Isiah USA
25y
228d
1990
10.00
9.99 -13
9.82w -15. 200 pb: 19.75w -15, 19.86 -13 (19.95 -15). sf OLY 200 2012; sf WCH 200 2013. 1 US 200 2013 (originally second to Tyson Gay, but Gay’s results in
that period are annulled). Training partner of Justin Gatlin
In 2015: 1 Florida Relays 4x100; 2 Clermont 200 (Apr 18); 1 Penn Relays 4x100; dq IAAF Relays 4x200; 1 Clermont Elite 2 100/200; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike
100/200; 4 Eugene Diamond 200; 1 Montverde 100; 2 US 200 (4 100); 2 Székesfehérvár 100; 3 Lausanne Diamond 200 (7 100)
1075
MENTO Womel Brandy VAN
18y
35d
1997
11.24
11.24 -15
6 Pacific Games 200 2015 (ht 100)
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....9.58.........Usain Bolt JAM...........................2009
=2...9.69.........Tyson Gay USA......................... 2009
.......9.69.........Yohan Blake JAM.......................2012
4.....9.72.........Asafa Powell JAM...................... 2008
5.....9.74.........Justin Gatlin USA....................... 2015
6.....9.78.........Nesta Carter JAM.......................2010
7.....9.79.........Maurice Greene USA................. 1999
8.....9.80.........Steve Mullings JAM....................2011
9.....9.82.........Richard Thompson TTO.............2014
=10.9.84.........Donovan Bailey CAN................ 1996
.......9.84.........Bruny Surin CAN........................ 1999
.......9.84.........Trayvon Bromell USA.................2015
1.....9.74.........Justin Gatlin USA
2.....9.81.........Asafa Powell JAM
3.....9.84.........Trayvon Bromell USA
=4...9.86.........Keston Bledman TTO
.......9.86.........Jimmy Vicaut FRA
=6...9.87.........Tyson Gay USA
.......9.87.........Usain Bolt JAM
8.....9.88.........Mike Rodgers USA
=9...9.91.........Femi Ogunode QAT
.......9.91.........Nickel Ashmeade JAM
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Men’s 200 Metres
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Entrants
NR
QBR
National Record
Qualified by ranking
Starts: Tuesday, August 25
Age
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
151
CARTY Mariel AIA
18y
84d
1997
-
22.55 -14
167
FRANCIS Miguel ANT
20y
174d
1995
20.05
20.05 -15
100 pb: 10.28 -15. 3 Central American & Caribbean junior 200 2014; sf WJC 200 2014; 7 COM 4x100 2014; 6 Pan-Am Games 200 2015
In 2015: 2 University of West Indies Invitational; 4 Kingston Classic 200; 2 San Marcos Classic 200; 6 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 3 Cayman Invitational 200; 1
Kingston All-Comers 3 100 ‘B’; 2 Kingston All-Comers 4 200; 1 Kingston All-Comers 5 200; 2 Edmonton Classic 200; 6 Pan-Am Games 200
197
HART Shavez BAH
22y
348d
1992
20.23
20.23 -15
Won sprint double at 2014 & 2015 Bahamian Championships // 100 pb: 10.08w -13, 10.10 -15. 400 pb: 46.43 -15. 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs
4x100 2013 (4 100); qf WCH 100 2013; sf COM 100 2014. 1 Bahamian 100/200 2014/2015. Attends Texas A&M University (A&M = Agricultural and
Mechanical)
In 2015: 4 NCAA indoor 200 (1 4x400); 1 Tempe 400; 2 Texas Relays 100; 1 Stanford Invitational 100; 3 Tempe 200; 2 Waco 100; 1 Starkville Southeastern
Conference 100 (2 200); 4sf NCAA 200 (7sf 100); 1 Bahamian 100/200; 5 Edmonton Classic 100; 7sf Pan-Am Games 100
198
SMITH Teray BAH
20y
327d
1994
20.34
20.34 -15
2014 Commonwealth Games semi-finalist // 100 pb: 10.32 -14 (10.33 -15). 1 Central American & Caribbean junior 100 2012; 7 WJC 200 2012; sf COM 200
2014. Business student at Auburn University
In 2015: 2 Starkville 100; 1 Auburn 200; 3 Penn Relays 100; 6 Starkville Southeastern Conference 200; 5sf NCAA 200; 2 Bahamian 100 (3 200); 6
North/Central America & Caribbean 200
31y
57d 1984
20.40
20.16 -12 NR
Bahamian record holder at 200m. Third leg for relay team which won 2012 Olympic gold
400 pb: 45.00 -15. 100 pb: 10.18 -15. 4 Pan-Am Games 200 2007/2011 (1 4x400 2007); 2 WCH 4x400 2007; sf OLY 400 2008 (2 4x400); dq ht WCH 400 2009
(out of lane); sf WIC 400 2010 (2008-ht); 4 COM 400 2010; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200/4x400 2011; dnf sf WCH 200 2011; dq sf OLY 200
2012 (false start); 1 OLY 4x400 2012; 4 WIC 4x400 2014; sf COM 2002014 (2 4x400)
In 2015: 1 Tampa 100; 1 University of Central Florida Invitational; 1 Coral Gables 200 (2 100); 2 Clermont 400 (Apr 18); 2 IAAF Relays 4x400; 5 Cayman
Invitational 200; 1 Montverde 400 ‘B’; 2 Bahamian 400; 4 Cork City 100; 5 Madrid 400; 4 Pan-Am Games 4x400
204
MATHIEU Michael BAH
229
HOUSTON Harold BER
25y
151d
1990
20.42
20.42 -15
Sprint double winner at 2013 Island Games (held in Bermuda) // 100 pb: 10.34 -13 (10.47 -15). sf Pan-American Games 100/200 2011; 1 Island Games
100/200 2013; ht COM 100 2014; ht Pan-Am Games 200 2015
In 2015: 6 Austin 100; 1 San Marcos 200 (20.42); 7sf Trinidadian 100; 4ht Pan-Am Games 200; 6sf North/Central America & Caribbean 200
257
de BARROS Bruno BRA
28y
226d
1987
20.41
20.16 -11
Full name-Bruno Lins Tenorio de Barros
2011 Pan-American Games bronze at 200m
100 pb: 10.16 -09 (10.27 -15). 2 Ibero-American 200 2008; ht OLY 200 2008 (4 4x100); 6 WCH 200 2011; 3 Pan-Am Games 200 2011; sf OLY 200 2012; 2
South American 100 2013; ht WCH 200 2013. 1 Brazilian 100/200 2011 (1 200 2012/2013, 1 100 2014). Served two-year doping suspension to June 14, 2011
In 2015: 1 Maningá 100/200; 1 São Paulo 100; 1 Florida Relays 200 ‘F’; 4 São Paulo 100 (Apr 4); 1 Clermont 200 (Apr 18); 4 Gainesville 200; 4 IAAF Relays
4x100; 2 Brazilian 100/200; 1 São Bernardo do Campo 100; 6sf Pan-Am Games 200 (2 4x100)
259
da SILVA Aldemir Gomes BRA
23y
73d
1992
20.44
20.38 -12
Full name-Aldemir Gomes da Silva Junior // 100 pb: 10.20 -12 (10.39 -15). 1 South American junior 100 2011; sf OLY 200 2012; 1 South American under-23
100 2012 & 200 2014; ht WCH 200 2013; 4 IAAF Relays 4x100 2014/2015. 1 Brazilian 200 2014/2015
In 2015: 1 Río de Janeiro 200 (2 100) (Mar 7/8); 2 Río de Janeiro 100 (Mar 14); 5 Florida Relays 200 (4 100); 1 Clermont 200 ‘C’ (Apr 18); 1 Gainesville 200 ‘B’;
4 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Brazilian 200; 7sf Pan-Am Games 200 (2 4x100)
299
NGET Phearath CAM
22y
147d
1993
21.89
21.89 -15
23y
85d
1992
20.30
20.16 -14
100 pb: 10.87 -15
In 2015: 6ht South East Asian Games 100/200; 7ht WSG 200
303
BROWN Aaron CAN
Second leg for Canadian team which won relay bronze at 2013 World Championships (following Britain’s disqualification)
20.02w -14 (20.11w -15). 100 pb: 10.01w, 10.05 -13. 2 World Youth 100 2009; 3 WJC 200 2010 (5 100); 3 Pan-Am junior 100 2011; sf OLY 200 2012; sf WCH
100 100 2013; sf COM 100 2014. 1 Canadian 100 2013 & 200 2015. Lives-Toronto. Coach-Dennis Mitchell. 1.98 tall
In 2015: 3 Tampa 100/200; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 5 Shanghai Diamond 200; 3 Hengelo 200; 5 Rome Diamond 200; 1 Canadian 200 (2 100); dq
Edmonton Classic 200; dq Pan-Am Games 4x100 final (team crossed line first in 38.06, but disqualified as their lead-off runner Gavin Smellie stepped on lane
line. Unfortunately both of his teams at the IAAF World Relays (4x100 & 4x200) were also disqualified)
308
RODNEY Brendon CAN
23y
133d
1992
20.27
20.27 -15
100 pb: 10.28 -15. 400 pb: 46.43 -15. 5 WSG 200 2013 (2 4x400); sf COM 200 2014. 1 Canadian 200 2014. Student Exercise Science at Long Island University
Brooklyn in New York City. Coach-Simon Hodnett
In 2015: 3ht Texas Relays 100; 2 Florida Relays 100/200; 1 Fairfax Classic 400 ‘B’; 1 Emmitsburg 100/200; 1 Princeton 400; 4sf NCAA 200; 2 Canadian 200;
dq Pan-Am Games 4x100 (team initially won race in 38.06, but were disqualified beacuse lead-off man Gavin Smellie went out of his lane)
347
XIE Zhenye CHN
22y
4d
1993
20.61
20.44 -14
2012 Youth Olympic Champion at 200m. Second leg for Chinese sprint relay team which won at 2014 Asian Games (in Asian record 37.99)
100 pb: 10.24w -14, 10.25 -15. 1 Youth Olympic Games 200 2010; 1 Asian junior 200 2012 (2 100); 5 WJC 200 2012 (8 100); ht WCH 200 2013; 1 Asian
Games 4x100 2014. 1 Chinese 200 2014; 4 Asian Champs 100 2015
In 2015: 3 Kawasaki 200; 8 Shanghai Diamond 200; 6 Beijing Challenge 100; 4 Asian Champs 100
355
25y 331d 1989
20.41
20.25 -13 NR
Full name-Hua Wilfried Serge Koffi
2014 African Champion at both sprints, now World Student Games Champion at 200m
100 pb: 10.05 -14 (10.09 -15). 7 WSG 200 2011; 3 African Champs 100 2012; 3 WSG 100 2013 (6 200); qf WCH 100 2013; 1 African Champs 100/200 2014; 7
IAAF Continental Cup 100/200 2014; 1 WSG 200 2015. Attends Shanghai University
In 2015: 1 Kawasaki 100; 1 Dessau 100; 2 Marseille 100; 2 Montreuil 100; 6 Rabat 200; 1 Osterode 100/200; 1 WSG 200
KOFFI Wilfried CIV
23y 282d 1991
20.02
20.02 -15 NR
Pan-American Games Champion at 200m in 2011, the fourth in 2015 but with a time of 20.02 to break the Cuban record of 20.06 which had stood for 37 years
to Silvio Leonard
100 pb: 10.13w, 10.17 -15. 4 Ibero-American 100 2010; 1 Pan-Am Games 200 2011 (2015-4); ht OLY 200 2012; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 200
2014. Nickname-“La Bala de Minas” [The Minas Bullet], Minas being a city in the Camagüey Province of Cuba
In 2015: 2 Santo Domingo 200; 4 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 1 Camagüey 200; 1 Havana Barrientos 100; 1 Guelph 200; 1 Halifax 200; 1 Bilbao 100/200; 3 Turku
100; 4 Velenje 100; 4 Pan-Am Games 200
371
SKYERS Roberto CUB
374
MENA Reynier CUB
18y
272d
1996
20.32
20.32 -15
Sprint double bronze at 2013 World Youth Championships // 100 pb: 10.08w, 10.17 -15. 3 World Youth 100/200 2013; sf WJC 200 2014; 2 Central American &
Caribbean Games 200 2014; 1 Pan-Am junior 100 2015 (2 200)
In 2015: 4 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 1 Camagüey 100 (2 200); 2 Havana Barrientos 100; 2 Guelph 200; 3 Halifax 100; 1 Havana 200 (Jun 13); 1 Havana 100 (Jun
19); 1 Havana 100 (Jun 26); 8sf Pan-Am Games 100 (5sf 200); 1 Pan-Am junior 100 (2 200)
413
MARTINEZ Yancarlos DOM
23y
43d
1992
20.22
20.22 -15 NR
Dominican Republic record holder at both sprints // 200 pb: 20.22 -15. 4 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2014; 7 Pan-Am Games 200 2015; 2
North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015
At the 2015 Pan-American Games, he broke the Dominican Republic 100m record of Juan Núñez (10.16) which had stood since 1983
In 2015: 1 Santo Domingo 200; 3 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 1 Medellín Restrepo 100/200; 1 Havana Barrientos 100/200; 6sf Pan-Am Games 100; 7 Pan-Am
Games 200 (sf 100, 5 4x100); 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 (4 4x100)
26y
10d 1989
20.76
20.28 -12 NR
2012 Olympic finalist at 200m. Ecuadorian record holder in both sprints
20.59w -15. 100 pb: 10.09 -13 (10.34 -15). 6 Pan-American Games 200 2011; 1 Ibero-American 100/200 2012; 7 OLY 200 2012; sf WCH 200 2013; 1 South
American 200 2012/2014 (1 100 2012); 2 South American Games 200 2014 (3 100)
In 2015: 1 Cuenca 200 (2 100); 1 Santiago de Chile 100 (2 200) (Apr 9); 1 Santiago de Chile 100/200 (Apr 11); 1 Lima 100/200; 1 South American 200/4x100 (2
100); 8sf Pan-Am Games 200
414
QUIÑONEZ Alex ECU
499
LEMAITRE Christophe FRA
504
JOHN Jeffrey FRA
25y
71d 1990
20.21
19.80 -11 NR
In Barcelona 2010 became the first man to win the sprint treble at the European Championships (but now he has lost all those titles to British athletes)
100 pb: 9.92 -11 (10.07 -15). 4 World Youth 100 2007 (5 200); 1 WJC 200 2008; 1 EJC 100 2009; dq qf WCH 100 2009 (false start); 2 ETCh 100 2010; 1 ECH
100/200/4x100 2010; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010; 3 EIC 60 2011 (2009-sf); 1 ETCh 100/200 2011 (1 100 2015 & 200 2015); 3 WCH 200 2011 (4 100); 2
WCH 4x100 2011; 1 ECH 100 2012; 6 OLY 200 2012; 7 WCH 100 2013 (injured); 2 ECH 100/200 2014 (3 4x100); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2014 (5 100). 1
French 100/200 2010/2011/2012/2014, 200 2013/2015 & indoor 60 2011/2014/2015. Coach-Pierre Carraz. 1.91/82kg
In 2015: 1 French indoor 60; 2 IAAF Relays 4x200 (5 4x100); 1 Vénissieux 100; 2 Tourcoing 100; 2 Rome Diamond 200; 4 Marseille 100; 1 Oslo Diamond 200;
1 ETCh 100 (2 4x100); 1 French 200 (2 100)
23y
75d
1992
20.39
20.39 -15
100 pb: 10.54 -14. 400 pb: 47.53 -15. 3 EJC 200 2011 (1 4x100); 8 under-23 ECH 200 2013
In 2015: 1 St-Denis-Réunion 200/400; 1 Versailles 400; 1 Tergnier 200; 1 Montgeron 250; 1 Île-de-France 200; 1 Paris 200; 3 French 200; 3 Monaco Diamond
4x100; 2 La Roche-sur-Yon 200; 2 London Diamond 4x100
510
JAMMEH Adama GAM
22y
72d
1993
20.94
20.59 -14
20.05
20.05 -15
20.75w -15. 100 pb: 10.20w -15, 10.41 -14 (10.48 -15). 400 pb: 46.57 -14. 5 African Champs 200 2014 (2012-sf 100/200)
In 2015: 1 Bamako 100; 2 Dakar Challenge 200 (5 100); 1 Paris 100 (2 200); 5 Warri Relays 100
532
HUGHES Zharnel GBR
20y
39d
1995
1 Central American & Caribbean youth 200 2012 & junior 200 2014; 1 Pan-Am junior 100 2013; 5 WJC 200 2014 (2012-sf). 1 UK 200 2015. 1 Jamaican
Schools 100 2014. Last competed for Anguilla at the World Junior Championships on July 25, 2014. Cleared to compete for Britain from June 19, 2015 having
formally gained British Citizenship on June 19, 2012, he had unconditional British overseas territories citizenship as Anguilla is a British Dependent Territory. He
is a member of Racers Track Club (Bolt, Blake etc) in Jamaica
In 2015: 1 Kingston GC Foster 200; 1 University of West Indies Invitational 200; 2 Cayman Invitational 200; 1 Kingston All-Comers 3 100; 1 Kingston AllComers 4 200; 2 New York Diamond 200 (close behind Usian Bolt); 1 UK 200; 1 Lausanne Diamond 200; 1 London Diamond 200
539
TALBOT Danny GBR
24y
112d
1991
20.30
20.30 -15
2012 European bronze medallist at 200m // 100 pb: 10.14 -14 (10.33 -15). sf WJC 200 2010; 3 ECH 200 2012 (2014-sf); 4 ETCh 200 2013 (2011-6); 2 under-23
ECH 200 2013 (2011-4); 2 ETCh 100 2014; 7 COM 200 2014 (2 4x100); sf ECH 200 2014 (gold 4x100 having run in heats). 1 UK 200 2014 & indoor 2011; 1
English under-23 200 2011/2012. Two of his uncles competed for Wales as schoolboys, one as a javelin thrower and another as a rugby player. Coach-Dan
Cossins
In 2015: 3sf UK indoor (pb 47.84 in heat; qualified for final but scratched); 2 Gainesville 200; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 2 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 150; 2
Hengelo 200; 1 ETCh 200 ‘A’ (2nd overall) (1 4x100); 3 Sopot 100; 2 UK 200; 3 Lucerne 200; 6 London Diamond 200
543
EREWA Robin GER
24y
58d
1991
20.49
20.46 -14
100 pb: 10.31 -14 (10.33 -15). 5 WJC 200 2010; 3 under-23 ECH 4x100 2011; sf ECH 200 2014; 8 ETCh 2015. 1 German 200 2011/2014 (1 indoor 2014/2015)
In 2015: 1 German indoor 200; 3 IAAF Relays 4x200; 1 Clermont 200 ‘B’; 1 Gladbeck 100/200; 4 Weinheim 100; 1 Regensburg Sparkassen 200; 5 ETCh 200
‘A’ (8th overall); 1 Rhede 100/200; 5 Zeulenroda 100; 2 German 200; 1 Mannheim 200 (2 100 ‘E’)
548
REUS Julian GER
27y
113d
1988
20.42
20.36 -13
German record holder at 100m (At Ulm on July 26, 2014 he clocked 10.05 to break by 0.01 the record which had stood for 29 years to the GDR athlete Frank
Emmelmann)
100 pb: 10.00w -13, 10.05 -14 (10.07w, 10.09 -15). 200 pb: 20.36 -13 (20.42 -15). sf World Youth 100 2005 (ht 200); sf WJC 200 2006 (ht 100); 1 EJC
100/4x100 2007 (2 200); 6 WCH 4x100 2007; sf ECH 100 2012 (2 4x100); 8 ETCh 200 2013; qf WCH 100 2013 (4 4x100); 3 EIC 60 2015 (2013-6). 1 German
100 2013/2014/2015, 200 2012/2013/2015 & indoor 60 2013. Coach-Gerhard Jäger
In 2015: 3 German indoor 60; 3 EIC 60; 7ht Clermont 100 (Apr 18); 1 Berlin 100; 5 Székesfehérvár 100; 1 Zeulenroda 100/200; 1 German 100/200; 2
Mannheim 100
574
TORRES Jerai GIB
21y
88d
1994
22.78
22.29 -12
Finalist at 2013 & 2015 Island Games (for which Gibraltar is eligible)
100 pb: 11.27 -13 (11.67 -15). ht World Youth 200 2011; ht ECH 200 2012; ht WJC 200 2012; 7 Island Games 100/200 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; ht COM
100/200 2014; 4 Island Games 200 2015. Attends Liverpool John Moores University, member of Liverpool Harriers Club
In 2015: 3ht British Universities 200; 5 Eton 100; 6 ETCh 3rd League 100 ‘B’; 4 Island Games 200
578
TSÁKONAS Likoúrgos-Stéfanos GRE
25y
166d
1990
20.09
20.09 -15
2013 Mediterranean Games Champion at 200m // 100 pb: 10.22w -13, 10.27 -15. sf World Youth 200 2007; sf WJC 200 2008; 4 EJC 200 2009; 2 ETCh 200
2010 (2013-7); 1 under-23 ECH 200 2011; sf OLY 200 2012; 1 Mediterranean Games 200 2013; sf WCH 200 2013; 7 ECH 200 2014 (2012-dq sf). 1 Greek
200 2009/2010/2013/2014/2015 (1 100 2013/2014/2015). His older brother is 8.25 long jumper Yeóryios Tsákonas
20.48 at the 2012 European Championship semi-finals, looking like a potential winner, but disqualified for running out of his lane
In 2015: 2 Greek indoor 60; 1 Heraklion 100; 1 Haniá 200; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike 200; 1 Kalamáta 100; 1 Rome Diamond 200; 1 ETCh 1st League 100/200; 1
Tomblaine 200; 4 Lausanne Diamond 200; 1 Greek 100/200; 5 Stockholm Diamond 200
28y 110d 1987
21.06
20.40 -08 NR
Honduran record holder at 60m, 100m, 200m & 400m // 20.72w -15. 100 pb: 10.22 -08 (10.31w, 10.37 -15). 400 pb: 47.64 -11. ht WCH 100 2005; ht WIC 60
2006/2008; 1 Central American (as opposed to Central American & Caribbean) 100 2007/2008/2011/2013/2014/2015 (1 200 2008/2010/2014); qf OLY 200
2008 (ht 100); 1 WSG 100 2009 (4 200); sf WCH 200 2009 (qf 100); ht WCH 200 2013; ht WIC 60 2014; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2014 (2
200). Coach-Glen Mills (so he is a member of Racers Track Club)
In 2015: 2 Puerto Rican 200; 1 Central American 100 (2 200); dq/ht Pan-Am Games 100; 8ht Pan-Am Games 200; 6sf North/Central America & Caribbean 100
(dq sf 200)
585
PALACIOS Rolando HON
594
ABARAGHI Mohamed Hussein IRI
20y
228d
1995
20.47
20.47 -15 NR
New Iranian record holder at 200m // 100 pb: 10.50 -15. 1 Asian junior 200 2014 (3 100); 6 Asian Games 200 2014; 1 Iranian junior 100/200 2014
In 2015: 1 Tehran 200; 1 Almaty 200
618
ASHMEADE Nickel JAM
25y
136d
1990
20.18
19.85 -12
Top five in both sprints at Moscow 2013, then relay gold when he passed to Usain Bolt
100 pb: 9.90 -13 (9.91 -15). 2 World Youth 100 2007 (3 200); 2 WJC 200 2008 (2 4x100); 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2009; 4 WCH 200
2013 (2011-5); 5 WCH 100 2013 (1 WCH 4x100); 1 IAAF Relays 4x100/4x200 2014; 3 COM 100 2014 (1 4x100). 1 Jamaican 200 2011 & 100 2014. He plans
to become a professional chef and says “cooking is my passion”
In 2015: 1ht Clermont 100 (Apr 18); 1 IAAF Relays 4x200 (2 4x100); 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 3 Shanghai Diamond 200; 3 Eugene Diamond 200;
6 New York Diamond 100; 1 Jamaican 200 (2 100); 8 Lausanne Diamond 200; 6 Monaco Diamond 100; 4 London Diamond 200
29y today 1986
20.13
19.19 -09 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Now eight World Championship and six Olympic golds. World record holder at both 100m & 200m since 2008
100 pb: 9.58 -09 (9.87 -15). 150 pb: 14.35 -09. 400 pb: 45.28 -07 (46.38 -15). 1 Central American Youth 200/400 2002; 1 WJC 200 2002 (2 4x100/4x400); 1
World Youth 200 2003 (2001-sf); ht OLY 200 2004; 8 WCH 200 2005 (injured); 2 WCP 200 2006; 2 WCH 200/4x100 2007; 1 OLY 100/200/4x100 2008/2012; 1
WCH 100/200/4x100 2009/2013; 1 WCH 200/4x100 2011 (dq WCH 100 final with a false start – “I lost focus”); 1 COM 4x100 2014. 1 Jamaican 200 2003 (at
age 17)/2007/2008/2009 (1 100 2008/2009/2013). Coach-Glen Mills. 1.95 tall (6-5)
In 2014: Three wins from three races – heat & final of 4x100 at Commonwealth Games, then 9.98 100m in Warsaw
In 2015: 1 Kingston GC Foster 400; Met Barack Obama during the US President’s visit to Jamaica on April 10; 1 Kingston Classic 200; 1 Río de Janeiro 100; 1
Ostrava 200; 1 New York Diamond 200; 1 London Diamond 100 (9.87 heat & final in the cold & wet)
Withdrew from Paris & Lausanne Diamond Leagues with pelvic injury, explaining he was “unable to compete at 100%” – “I would have wanted him to have had
more races,” says coach Mills
620
BOLT Usain JAM
624
DWYER Rasheed JAM
26y
204d
1989
19.80
19.80 -15
2014 Commonwealth Games Champion at 200m ahead of the favourite Warren Weir
100 pb: 10.20 -13. 400 pb: 47.49 -15. 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 200 2010; sf COM 200 2010 (2 4x100); 2 WSG 200 2013; 1 COM 200 2014; 2
IAAF Continental Cup 200 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 200 2015; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015
In 2015: 2 University of West Indies Invitational 400 ‘E’; 7 Kingston Classic 400 ‘B’; 1 IAAF Relays 4x200; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 4 Shanghai
Diamond 200; 6 New York Diamond 200; 5 Jamaican 200; 3 Edmonton Classic 200; 2 Pan-Am Games 200 (in semi clocked 19.80 for fourth on Jamaican alltime list after Bolt, Blake and Quarrie); 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 200
626
FORTE Julian JAM
22y
51d
1993
20.04
20.04 -15
Ran in heat of 2014 Commonwealth Games relay, so awarded gold won by Jamaica in final
400 pb: 47.24 -15. 100 pb: 10.03 -14 (10.06 -15). 8 WJC 200 2012. 1 Jamaican Schools 100/200 2010. Attends Kingston University of Technology
In 2015: 3 Kingston Jackson 60; 1 Kingston GC Foster ‘C’; 1 Jamaican Intercollegiate 200; 2 Kingston Classic 100; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 2
Shanghai Diamond 200; 5 Eugene Diamond 200; 1 Rome Diamond 100 ‘B’; 7 Birmingham Diamond 100; 3 New York Diamond 200; 3 Jamaican 200; 1 Lignano
100; dqht Madrid 100
642
WEIR Warren JAM
25y
294d
1989
20.26
19.79 -13
(The “Weir - Wolf”)
2012 Olympic bronze, 2013 World silver, 2014 Commonwealth Games silver
100 pb: 10.02 -13. Junior 110H pb: 13.45w -08, 13.65 -07/08. sf WJC 110H 2008 (was leading, but hit hurdles); 3 OLY 200 2012; 3 WCH 200 2013 (gold
4x100); 1 IAAF Relays 4x200 (world record, he ran second leg); 2 COM 200 2014. 1 Jamaican 200 2013. Coach-Glen Mills (so he trains with Bolt / Blake etc)
In 2015: 1 IAAF Relays 4x200; 2 Kingston All-Comers 2 200; 2 Jamaican 200; 5 Lucerne 200 ‘B’; 2 Dutch 200
648
FUJIMITSU Kenji JPN
29y
112d
1986
20.13
20.13 -15
Asian record holder at 300m (32.25 in 2014) // 100 pb: 10.14w, 10.24 -15. 400 pb: 46.80 -09. 3 World Youth Medley Relay 2003 (sf 200); 1 Asian Champs 200
2007; 4 WCH 4x100 2009 (qf 200); 1 East Asian Games 200 2009; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2010; 6 WCH 4x400 2013; 1 Asian Games 4x400 2014. 1
Japanese 200 2010
In 2015: 5 Texas Relays 100 ‘B’; 1 Hiroshima 200; 3 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Kawasaki 200; 1 Kumagaya 100 (2 200); 1 Japanese 200; 3 Lucerne 200 ‘B’; 1
Heusden 100; 3 Bellinzona 100 ‘B’
656
TAKASE Kei JPN
26y
268d
1988
20.14
20.14 -15
2014 Asian Games 100m bronze // 100 pb: 10.09 -15. 400 pb: 46.46 -10. 1 Asian Champs 4x400 2011; sf OLY 200 2012; 3 Asian Champs 200 2013 (2 4x100);
3 Asian Games 100 2014 (2 4x100). 1 Japanese 200 2012 & 100 2015
In 2015: 2 Texas Relays 200; 1 Fukuroi 200; 2 Kawasaki 100; 1 Kumagaya 200; 1 Japanese 100 (2 200); 4 Lignano 100 ‘B’; 3ht Madrid 100; 4 Lucerne 100 ‘B’;
6 Lucerne 200
659
SANI BROWN Abdul Hakim JPN
16y
168d
1999
20.34
20.34 -15
Double World Youth Champion at the sprints in 2015 // 100 pb: 10.28 -15. 1 World Youth 100/200 2015. 2 Japanese 100/200 2015; 1 Japanese Schools 200
2015 (2 100). Born-Fukuoka, father-Ghanaian, mother-Japanese. She (Akiko) was a sprint hurdler. Coach-Takahiko Yamamura. 1.87 tall
In 2015: 2 Japanese 100/200; 1 World Youth 100/200
24y 107d 1991
20.14
20.14 -15 NR
Kenyan record holder at 200m // 400 pb: 46.36i -14, 46.50 -13. 100 pb: 10.28w, 10.39 -14. sf COM 200 2014; 3 African Champs 200 2014; 3 NCAA indoor 200
2014. Studied science at the University of Pittsburg. Born-Summerville, South Carolina
In 2015: 1 Clermont 200 (Apr 18); dq/ht IAAF Relays 4x200; 2 Kawasaki 200; 6 Shanghai Diamond 200; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike 200; 6 Rome Diamond 200; 4
Oslo Diamond 200; 5 Rabat 200; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial 200
699
NKANATA Carvin KEN
700
NYANGAU Mike KEN
20y
358d
1994
20.48
20.48 -15
Full name-Mike Mokamba Nyangau // 100 pb: 10.32 -15. sf World Youth 200 2011; ht WJC 100 2012; ht WCH 4x400 2013. 1 Kenyan 100/200 2015
In 2015: 1 Nairobi 200; dq/ht IAAF Relays 4x200; 1 Oordegem IFAM 200; 1 Oordegem Putbos 200; 1 Huizingen 200; 1 Kenyan 100/200; 2 Liège 200; 2
Heusden 200; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial 100/200
723
26y 135d 1989
20.42
20.36 -14 NR
Lesotho record holder at 60m, 100m and 200m
Close fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games
100 pb: 10.11 -15. 400 pb: 47.34 -14. ht WJC 100 2008; 8 COM 200 2010 (ht 100); ht WCH 200 2011; ht WIC 60 2012; 5 African Champs 100 2012 (7 200); ht
OLY 200 2012; 4 COM 200 2014
In 2015: 1 Réduit 100; 5 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 200; 4 Hengelo 200; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike 100; 4 Rome Diamond 100 ‘B’; 3 Marseille 100; 3
Montreuil 100; 3 Rabat 200; 2 Turku 100; 2 Tomblaine 200; 4 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 100
LEHATA Mosito LES
751
RAKIC Luka MNE
24y
19d
1991
21.44
21.44 -15 NR
Montenegrin record holder at 100m & 200m // 100 pb: 10.55 -15. ht WCH 200 2011; ht EIC 60 2015
In 2015: 1 Slovenian indoor 60; 7ht EIC 60; 1 Ljubljana 100 (3 200); 5 Small States of Europe Games 100; 3 Small States of Europe Games 200 (5 100); 3
Celje 100/200; 4 ETCh 3rd League 200 (6 100); 1 Velenje 100 ‘B’; 2 Ljubljana 100 (3 200); 5 Slovenian 100/200; 6 Balkan 100
21y 129d 1994
20.52
20.52 -14 NR
Montserratian record holder at 100m & 200m
He was his country’s flagbearer at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games
100 pb: 10.06w, 10.23 -15. ht Central American & Caribbean Champs 100/200 2013; ht COM 100/200 2014; 4 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23
100/200 2013; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2915
In 2015: 2 Bowling Green 200 (4 100); 1 Clarksville 200; 1 Louisville Classic 200; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean 200
752
MORRIS Julius MNT
764
MARTINA Churandy NED
771
TEGA Odele NGR
31y
48d 1984
20.37
19.85 -12 NR
Ex-Netherlands Antilles (country now dissolved)
He and Usain Bolt were the only men to have contested both Olympic sprint finals in Beijing and London
100 pb: 9.91 -12 (10.08 -15). 400 pb: 46.13 -07. sf World Youth 100 99; qf WJC 100 2002 (2000-ht); 1 South American Games 100 2002 (2 200); qf OLY 100
2004; qf WCH 100 2005/2009 (2003-ht); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2006/2010 & 200 2010; 1 Pan-Am Games 100 2007; 5 WCH 100/200
2007; 4 OLY 100 2008 (2008-dq for running out of lane, he would otherwise have won silver behind Bolt with 19.82); sf WIC 60 2010; 2 IAAF Continental Cup
200 2010; sf WCH 100 2011 (2009-qf); 1 ECH 200/4x100 2012; 5 OLY 100/200 2012; 7 WCH 200 2013 (sf 100); dq ETCh 200 2014 (lane); 4 ECH 200 2104 (sf
100, 5 4x100). 1 Dutch 100/200 2011 (1 100 2012/2013)
In 2015: 4 Florida Relays 200 ‘C’; 2 Tampa 200 (1 100 “B’); 4 Río de Janeiro 100; 1 Gainesville 200; 7 IAAF Relays 4x100 ‘B’; 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames;
7 Shanghai Diamond 200; 1 Hengelo 200 (6 100); 4 Montverde 100 (1 200 ‘B’); 7 Rabat 200; 3 ETCh 1st League 100; 7 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Hilversum 100; 6
Lausanne Diamond 200; 8 Madrid 100; 1 Dutch 100; 1 Mannheim 100
19y
258d
1995
20.47
20.47 -15
2015 Nigerian Champion at 200m // 10 pb: 10.30w, 10.36 -15. 4 African junior 200 2013; 5 WJC 4x100 2014. 1 Nigerian 200 2015
Unusually, he is the only Nigerian male sprinter at Beijing 2015 who is representing Nigeria
In 2015: 1 Abuja 200/300; 3 Lagos 100; 1 Lagos 200 (3 100); 4 Port Harcourt 100; 3 Rojenny 100; 5ht WSG 4x100; 2 Warri Relays 100 ‘B’; 1 Nigerian 200 (6
100)
774
NGIRCHONGOR Beouch NMI
20/21y
1994
24.29
24.29 -15
23.89w -14
Northern Marianas record holder at 400m hurdles (52.74 in 2014), a performance which won him the title of Northern Marianas Sports Association Male Athlete
of the Year. (The NMI national record to beat in the 200m is 22.40)
785
ALI Liaqat PAK
32y
15d
1983
21.43
20.92 -12 NR
100 pb: 10.53 -13/15. ht WCH 100 2009; 7 Asian Champs 200 2013; ht WCH 200 2013. 1 Pakistani 100/200 2012/2013/2014/2015
In 2015: 1 Pakistani 200/200; 6sf Asian Champs 100/200; 4 Bangkok 100; 5 Pathumthani 100; 6 Chanthaburi 100
25y 256d 1989
19.90
19.81 -09 NR
2009 World 200m silver behind Bolt’s 19.19 // 100 pb: 9.97w -09, 10.02 -14. ht WJC 100 2008; 1 South American 100/200 2009; 2 WCH 200 2009 (2011-dnf
final, 2013-sf); 1 Central American 200 2012/2013; dq ht OLY 200 2012 (false start); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games 200 2015
His younger brother Mateo holds the Panamanian indoor record for 60m. Their parents Alonso Sr & Margaret were both athletes. He has a passion for cars, his
dream car would be “a 1989 Dodge Challenger”
In 2015: 1 Sydney Classic 100; 1 Melbourne Challenge 200; 1 Shanghai Diamond 200; 7 Eugene Diamond 200; 4 New York Diamond 200; 5 Lausanne
Diamond 200; 2 Lucerne 200 ‘B’; 3 Pan-Am Games 200; 1 Stockholm Diamond 200
786
EDWARD Alonso PAN
789
ABUKHOUSA Mohammed PLE
22y
233d
1992
-
21.26 -14 NR
Palestinian record holder at 100m & 200m // 100 pb: 10.48w, 10.55 -14. ht WCH 100 2013; ht Asian Games 100 2014
814
ZALEWSKI Karol POL
22y
14d
1993
20.45
20.41 -13
Twice European under-23 Champion at 200m // 100 pb: 10.24w, 10.25 -13. 400 pb: 46.05 -14 (46.25i, 46.76 -15). 4 WJC 200 2012 (4 4x100, 2 4x400); dq
ETCh 200 2013; 1 under-23 ECH 200 2013 (2 4x100); sf WCH 200 2013; 1 ETCh 200 2014 (7 100); 8 ECH 200 2014; sf EIC 400 2015 (2 4x400); 1 under-23
ECH 200 2015 (2 4x140); 5 ETCh 200 2015. 1 Polish 100/200 2013/2014, 1 200 2015. (1 indoor 200 2014/2015 & 400 2015)
He qualified for the the 2014 European 200m final by a manual draw between him and James Ellington (GBR), as they each clocked identical times (20.518) in
their semi-finals
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor 200/400; 2 EIC 4x400 (sf 400); 4 IAAF Relays 4x200; 9 Shanghai Diamond 200; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Gdansk 200 (2 100); 4
Prague Odložil; 5 Oslo Diamond 200; 2 Bydgoszcz 200 (3 100); 2 ETCh 200 ‘A’ (5th overall); 2 Katowice 100; 1 under-23 ECH 200 (2 4x400); 1 Polish 200 (2
100); 7 Stockholm Diamond 200
24y
98d 1991
20.28
20.06 -14 NR
TRANSFEREE – Formerly: NGR, gained Qatari citizenship in 2009. Full name-Femi Seun Ogunode
Asian record holder at 100m. 2014 World indoor bronze at 60m
100 pb: 9.91 -15. 400 pb: 45.12 -10. 1 West Asian 100/200 2010. 1 Asian Games 200/400 2010/2014; 1 Asian Champs 200 2011; 1 World Military Games
100/200 2011; 8 WCH 400 2011 (sf 200); 2 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2014; 3 WIC 60 2014; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 100/200 2014; 1 Asian Champs 100/200
2015. Served two-year doping suspension in 2012-2014
His younger brother Tosin Ogunode (born 1994) suddenly clocked 6.50 for 60m in January 2014 and is also hoping to gain Qatari citizenship; they are both
based in Los Angeles and coached by Gentry Bradley (USA, 1 US 200 98)
In 2015: 1 Tampa 100; 1 Arab 100/200; 1 Doha Emir Cup 100/200; 5 Doha Diamond 100; 1 Asian Champs 100/200; 2 Rabat 200
831
OGUNODE Femi QAT
846
JOBODWANA Anaso RSA
23y
21d
1992
20.04
20.04 -15
Olympic & world finalist at 200m // 100 pb: 10.10 -13 (10.13 -15). 8 OLY 200 2012; 1 WSG 100/200 2013; 6 WCH 200 2013. Studying physiotherapy at Jackson
State University in Mississippi
In 2015: 1 Texas Relays 200; 1 Tempe 200; 1 South African 200; 1 Cayman Invitational 200; 2 Eugene Diamond 200; 2 Prague Odložil 100; 2 Oslo Diamond
200; 2 Lignano 100; 2 Lausanne Diamond 200; 1 Lucerne 200; 3 London Diamond 200; 2 Stockholm Diamond 200
He leads the 2015 Diamond Race by one point, despite not yet winning a Diamond League race
856
SIMBINE Akani RSA
21y
334d
1993
20.27
20.27 -15
Co-holds the South African 100m record (with Henricho Bruintjies), set when winning the 2015 World Student Games final
sf WSG 200 2013; sf WCH 100 2013; 2013; 5 COM 200 (sf 100, 4 4x100 with South African record); 1 WSG 100 2015. 1 South African 100 2015. Student of
Information Science at the University of Pretoria
In 2015: 1 Pretoria 100/200 (Mar 7); 1 Pretoria 100/200 (Mar 14); 1 Gauteng North 100/200; 1 South African 100; 1 Stellenbosch 200; 2 Hengelo 100; 6 Rome
Diamond 100; 4 New York Diamond 100; 2 Sopot 100; 1 Velenje 100; 1 WSG 100; 1 Karlstad 100/200
891
27y 356d 1987
20.57 NR
20.27 -14
Samoan record holder at 100m (10.36) & 200m (20.57), as opposed to his US pbs of 10.25 & 20.27
20.07w -11. 100 pb: 10.00w, 10.25 -13 (10.27w, 10.36 -15). ht WCH 200 2011; 3 Pan-Am Games 4x100 2011 (for USA). 5 NCAA 200 2010. 3 US 200 2011.
Born-New York City. Graduate in sociology and economics from the University of Colorado. Lives-Phoenix
Former US international, he has held dual citizenship with Samoa since birth (his mother is Samona) and was cleared by IAAF to compete for Samoa from
November 6, 2014
In 2015: 1 Tucson 200; 4 Tempe 200 (7 100); 4 Mt SAC Relays 100 ‘B’ (9 200); 1 Oceanian 200 (2 100); 2 Chula Vista 100 (3 200); 2 Burnaby 200; 5 Victoria
100; 2 Edmonton Classic 200 ‘B’
DODSON Jeremy SAM
26y 354d 1988
20.47
20.08 -14 NR
Kittian and Nevisian record holder at 200m (replacing Kim Collins). Fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games 100m, thid at 2015 Pan-American Games
100 pb: 10.00w -14, 10.01 -13/14 (10.03 -15). 200 pb: 20.08 -14 (20.47 -15). qf COM 200 2010; 3 WCH 4x100 2011; 2 Pan-Am Games 4x100 2011 (sf 200); sf
OLY 100/200 2012; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2013; 4 COM 100 2014 (sf 200); 3 Pan-Am Games 100 2015; 3 North/Central America &
Caribbean 200 2015 (1 4x100 ‘B’). Coach-Eric Francis
In 2015: Full indoor season, highlighted by 2nd place at New York Millrose Games 60; 1 San Marcos 100; 6 Texas Relays 100; 3 Florida Relays 100/200; 2
Austin 200; 3 San Marcos Classic 100/200; 6 IAAF Relays 4x100/4x200; 3 Ponce 100; 1 Kittian & Nevisian 200 (2 100); 2 Trinidadian 100 ‘B’ (dnf 200 ‘B’); 3
Pan-Am Games 100 (sf 200); 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 (1 4x100 ‘B’)
894
ADAMS Antoine SKN
908
ALI Ahmed SUD
21y
279d
1993
20.46
20.46 -15
Has held dual citizenship with the USA since birth and never represented the USA, so IAAF immediately clarified his eligibility for Sudan from July 15, 2015
100 pb: 10.12w, 10.23 -13 (10.30w, 10.43 -15). sf NCAA 200 2015 (8 4x100)
In 2015: 4 Alabama Relays 100; 1 Tuscaloosa 100; 6 Florida Relays 200; 4 Starkville 100; 1 Norman 200 (2 100); 8 Starkville Southeastern Conference 200;
6sf NCAA 200 (8 4x100)
27y 110d 1988
20.85
20.67 -13 NR
Swazi record holder at 60m, 100m, 200m & 400m // 100 pb: 10.32w -14, 10.38 -13. 400 pb: 47.18 -15. ht WCH 200 2009/2011; 7 African Games 200 2011; ht
WIC 60 2010/2012/2014; 8 WSG 200 2013; ht COM/200 100 2014. Aibusiso aka Bruno, which is what they called him at the Commonwealth Games last year
In 2015: 2 Pretoria 400 (Feb 24); 3 Pretoria 200 (Feb 28); 3 Pretoria 200 (4 100 ‘B’) (Mar 7); 1 Réduit 200 (3 100); 4 Potchefstroom Open 200 (5 100); 2
Germiston 100; 2 Cape Town 200
923
MATSENJWA Sibusiso SWZ
941
GREAUX Kyle TTO
27y
116d
1988
20.42
20.42 -15
100 pb: 10.37 -15. 400 pb: 47.14 -13 (47.33 -15). 5 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; sf COM 200 2014; 5 Central
American & Caribbean Games 200 2014; sf Pan-Am Games 200 2015; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015. 1 Trinidadian 200 2015
In 2015: 1 Pointe-a-Pierre 200/400; 2 Jacksonville 100; 1 West Indies Universities (2 100); 2 Halifax 200 (7 100); 2 Port of Spain 200 (Jul 11); 7sf Pan-Am
Games 200; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean 200
944
SORRILLO Rondell TTO
29y
212d
1986
20.46
20.16 -11
World 200m finalist in 2011 // 100 pb: 9.99w -13, 10.03 -12 (10.16 -15). 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200 2008/2009; qf OLY 200 2008; 7 WCH
200 2011; sf OLY 100 2012 (ht 200); 2 IAAF Relays 4x100 2014; sf COM 200 2014 (3 4x100). 1 NCAA 200 2010 (2 100). 1 Trinidad 200 2009
In 2015: 1 Florida Relays 200 ‘B’ (2 100); 7 IAAF Relays 4x100; 2 Trinidadian 200 (3 100); 3 Pan-Am Games 4x100 (sf 200)
25y
84d 1990
20.21
20.04 -09 NR
TRANSFEREE – Formerly Azerbaijan, in whose colours he was a World 200m finalist in 2009 – but then his career then stalled while his transfer to Turkey was
processed (Became a Turkish citizen on April 5, 2011 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for that country in from April 4, 2013)
100 pb: 10.08 -09 (10.12 -15). ht WJC 100 2006; 2 World Youth 200 2007; ht WIC 60 2008; 5 WJC 200 2008; qf OLY 200 2008; 7 EIC 60 2009; 1 WSG 200
2009; 1 EJC 200 2009 (2 100); 7 WCH 200 2009; 2 Mediterranean Games 100 2013; 1 Balkan 100/200 2014 & 200 2015; 2 ETCh 200 2014 (3 100); 6 ECH
200 2014 (dq ht 100 with false start); 3 WSG 100/200 2015. Student teacher at Dumlupinar University in Kutahya
In 2015: 1 Antalya 200; 1 Turkish Universities 100; 1 Mersin 100; 3 WSG 100/200; 1 Viljandi 200; 3 Stockholm Diamond 200; 1 Balkan 200
957
GULIYEV Ramil TUR
982
SMELYK Sergiy UKR
28y
124d
1987
20.45
20.30 -14
2014 European 200m bronze // 100 pb: 10.20w, 10.21 -13 (10.48 -15). 10 ETCh 100 2011; 5 ECH 100 2012; ht OLY 200 2012; 3 ETCh 200 2013 (2014-4); 4
WSG 200 2013 (1 4x100); sf WCH 200 2013; 1 ETCh 200 2015. 1 Ukrainian 100 2010/2012/2014 (1 200 2012/2013). Coach-Viktor Bryzgin (1 OLY 4x100
1988), husband of Olga Bryzgina (1 OLY 400 1988)
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian indoor 60; 3 Ukrainian University Games 100; 1 Ukrainian Teams 200; 4 Rabat 200; 1 ETCh 200 ‘B’ (1st overall); 1 Sollentuna 100 (2 200)
1017
GATLIN Justin USA
33y
192d
1982
19.57
19.57 -15
Former World & Olympic Champion, but now faster than ever // 100 pb: 9.74 -15. 1 WIC 60 2003/2012; 1 OLY 100 2004 (2 4x100, 3 200); 1 WCH 100/200
2005; sf WCH 100 2011 (dnf 4x100); 3 OLY 100 2012 (2 4x100); 2 WCH 100/4x100 2013.1 NCAA 100/200 2001/2002. 1 US 100/200 2005 & 100 2012/2013.
Suspended for two years after testing positive for amphetamines at the 2001 US Junior Championships, the IAAF agreed to early reinstatement in July 2002. In
2006 before equalling world 100m record of 9.77 he failed a doping control for Testosterone and was then banned for four years to July 2010
Unbeaten in 19 races in 2014 (including one heat) and so far in 2015
In 2015: 1 Florida Relays 4x100; 1 Tampa 200 (20.10w); 1 Penn Relays 4x100; 1 IAAF Relays 4x100 (dq 4x200); 1 Doha Diamond 100 (9.74); 1 Eugene
Diamond 200 (19.68); 1 Rome Diamond 100 (9.75); 1 US 200 (19.57); 1 Székesfehérvár 100 (10.02); 1 Lausanne Diamond 100 (9.75); 1 Monaco Diamond 100
(9.78) / 4x100
1039
LEE BeeJay USA
22y
169d
1993
20.11
20.11 -15
100 pb: 9.94w, 9.99 -15. 1 Pan-Am Games 4x100 2015 (6 100, 8 200). 4 NCAA 4x100 2014/2015 with the University of Southern California (where his teammates included Andre De Grasse CAN). Communications graduate from University of Southern California. 1.68 tall
In 2015: 1 Los Angeles 200; 2 Florida Relays 200 (1 100 ‘B’); 1 Tucson 100; 2 Mt SAC Relays 100; 1 UCLA v USC 200 (2 100); 2 Westwood 100/200; 4sf
NCAA 100/200; 4 US 200 (6 100); 2 Edmonton Classic 100; 6 Pan-Am Games 100; 1 Pan-Am Games 4x100 (6 100, 8 200); 8 North/Central America &
Caribbean 100 (2 4x100)
1059
SPEARMON Wallace USA
30y
239d
1984
20.03
19.65 -06
2005 World silver at 200m and bronze in 2007 & 2009 // 100 pb: 9.96 -07 (10.47 -15). 400 pb: 45.22 -06. 2 WCH 200 2005 (2007/2009-3, 2013-sf); 1 WCP 200
2006; 1 WCH 4x100 2007; dq OLY 200 final 2008 for running out of his lane (originally third in 19.95 – “I learned my lesson, but I could have picked a better
place to do that”); 4 OLY 200 2012; 5 Pan-Am Games 200 2015 (1 4x100). 1 US 200 2006/2012; 1 NCAA 200 2004/2005 (1 indoor 200 2005). His father
Wallace Spearmon senior was 20.27 200m runner who reached the semi-finals of the US Olympic Trials in 1984 & 1988. Born-Chicago, lives-Dallas
In 2015: 1 Fayetteville 200 ‘B’; dq IAAF Relays 4x200; 2 Clermont Elite 2 200; 1 Burnaby 200; 2 Victoria 100; 3 US 200; 1 Edmonton Classic 200; 5 Pan-Am
Games 200 (1 4x100)
1068
YOUNG Isiah USA
25y
228d
1990
19.93
19.86 -13
100 pb: 9.82w -15, 9.99 -13. sf OLY 200 2012; sf WCH 200 2013. 1 US 200 2013 (originally second to Tyson Gay, but Gay’s results in that period are annulled).
Training partner of Justin Gatlin
In 2015: 1 Florida Relays 4x100; 2 Clermont 200 (Apr 18); 1 Penn Relays 4x100; dq IAAF Relays 4x200; 1 Clermont Elite 2 100/200; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike
100/200; 4 Eugene Diamond 200; 1 Montverde 100; 2 US 200 (4 100); 2 Székesfehérvár 100; 3 Lausanne Diamond 200 (7 100)
1083
SIAME Sydney ZAM
17y
318d
1997
20.53
20.53 -15
100 pb: 10.18w, 10.26 -15. sf WJC 100 2014; 1 Youth Olympic Games 100 2015; 3 African junior 100 2015 (7 200)
In 2015: 3 African junior 100 (7 200); 4 Dakar Challenge 100; 1 Regensburg Sparkassen 100 (3 200); 3 Berlin 100; 5 La Chaux-de-Fonds 100; 2 Bulle 100; 1
Lukasa 200
1087
TSUMBA Tatenda ZIM
24y
232d
1991
20.46
100 pb: 10.39 -15
In 2015: 1 Orem 100/200; 1 Salt Lake City Classic 100/200; 1 Provo 100/200 (Apr 25); 5 Cork City 200 (6 100); 1 Letterkenny 200 (2 100)
20.46 -15
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....19.19.......Usain Bolt JAM...........................2009
2.....19.26.......Yohan Blake JAM.......................2011
3.....19.32.......Michael Johnson USA................1996
4.....19.53.......Walter Dix USA.......................... 2011
5.....19.57.......Justin Gatlin USA....................... 2015
6.....19.58.......Tyson Gay USA......................... 2009
7.....19.63.......Xavier Carter USA......................2006
8.....19.65.......Wallace Spearmon USA............ 2006
9.....19.68.......Frankie Fredericks NAM............ 1996
10...19.72.......Pietro Mennea ITA..................... 1979
1.....19.57.......Justin Gatlin USA
2.....19.80.......Rasheed Dwyer JAM
3.....19.88.......Andre De Grasse CAN
4.....19.80.......Alonso Edward PAN
5.....19.93.......Isiah Young USA
6.....19.94.......Wayde van Niekerk RSA
7.....19.99.......Dedric Dukes USA
=8...20.02.......Ameer Webb USA
.......20.02.......Roberto Skyers CUB
=10.20.03.......Trayvon Bromell USA
.......20.03.......Alonso Edward PAN
.......20.03.......Wallace Spearmon USA
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Age
189
BROWN Chris BAH
36y
(Days)
Born
310d
1978
2015 Best
Personal Best
44.54
44.40 -08
First leg for Bahamas relay team which beat the Americans at the London Olympics (he said waiting for the race to finish was the longest two minutes of his life)
200 pb: 20.56w -06, 20.58 -15. 100 pb: 10.26 -14. ht COM 800 98; qf OLY 2000 (3 4x400); 1 WCH 4x400 2001 (2003-3, 2005/2007-2); 7 COM 2002 (3 4x400);
sf OLY 2004; 4 WCH 2005/2007 (2001-ht, 2003-sf, 2009-5, 2011/2013-sf); 4 COM 2006; 1 Pan-Am Games 2007 (2011-7); 4 OLY 2008 (2 4x400); 1 WIC 2010
(2003-sf, 2006/2008/2012-3, 2014-2); 4 OLY 2012 (1 4x400); 2 COM 4x400 2014. Bahamas record holder at 400m & 800m (1:49.54 -98). Youngest of seven
children. His parents Nola & Harcourt were both sprinter. Based-Atlanta, coach-Innocent Egbunike. 1.78 tall
In 2015: 3 Drake Relays; 2 IAAF Relays 4x400; 3 Eugene Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 2 New York Diamond; 2 Bahamian 200; 3 London Diamond
Beijing 2015 are his ninth world championships, he first appeared as a relay runner in Seville 1999
19y 343d 1995
44.27
44.27 -15 NR
Bahamas’ 'Boy Wonder', down from 47.78 to a Bahamian 400m record 44.27 already in 2015
200 pb: 20.51w -15, 20.66 -14 (20.69 -15). sf WJC 200 2014 (6 4x400). 1 Bahamian 2014. Coach-George Cleare says “Right now, the focus is not on how fast
he can run, but the focus is getting him through that level of maturity so that he can run as fast as he’s capable of running once his body matures as he gets a
little older.”
In 2015: 4 Florida Relays 200 ‘B’; 1 Athens GA; 1 Georgia Tech Invitational; 2 IAAF Relays 4x400 (44.58 split); 1 Georgia State Invitational; 1 Montverde; 1
Oslo Diamond; 1 Bahamian (44.27 to break the Bahamian record of Chris Brown which had stood since 2008); 1 Székesfehérvár (44.30 to beat LaShawn
Merritt 44.43); 1 Kortrijk 200; 1 Atlanta
Unbeaten in eight 400m finals in 2015 before Beijing
194
GARDINER Steven BAH
204
MATHIEU Michael BAH
31y
57d
1984
45.00
45.00 -15
Bahamian record holder at 200m. Third leg for relay team which won 2012 Olympic gold
200 pb: 20.16 -12 (20.40 -15). 100 pb: 10.18 -15. 4 Pan-Am Games 200 2007/2011 (1 4x400 2007); 2 WCH 4x400 2007; sf OLY 400 2008 (2 4x400); dq ht
WCH 400 2009 (out of lane); sf WIC 400 2010 (2008-ht); 4 COM 400 2010; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 200/4x400 2011; dnf sf WCH 200 2011;
dq sf OLY 200 2012 (false start); 1 OLY 4x400 2012; 4 WIC 4x400 2014; sf COM 2002014 (2 4x400)
In 2015: 1 Tampa 100; 1 University of Central Florida Invitational; 1 Coral Gables 200 (2 100); 2 Clermont 400 (Apr 18); 2 IAAF Relays 4x400; 5 Cayman
Invitational 200; 1 Montverde 400 ‘B’; 2 Bahamian 400; 4 Cork City 100; 5 Madrid 400; 4 Pan-Am Games 4x400
216
BORLÉE Kevin BEL
27y
180d
1988
45.24
44.56 -12
Surprise European Champion in 2010 when he went from fifth to first in the last 50m. 2011 world bronze
200 pb: 20.72 -11. sf World Youth 200 2005; sf WJC 2006; 6 ECP 2007; sf OLY 2008 (5 4x400); sf WCH 2009 (4 4x400); 1 ECH 2010 (3 4x400); 4 IAAF
Continental Cup 2010; 3 EIC 4x400 2011; 3 WCH 2011 (2013-sf); 1 ECH 4x400 2012; 5 OLY 2012; sf ECH 2014 (7 4x400 with 43.6 split); 1 EIC 4x400 2015. 1
Belgian 2013/2014 & 200 2007/2011. His father/coach Jacques was an international 400m runner as his twin brother Jonathan and younger brother Dylan,
while their elder sister Olivia ran the first leg for the Belgian 4x100m relay team which won 2007 world bronze & 2008 Olympic silver. Kevin is the younger of the
twins by five minutes
Wonderful anchor leg by him of 44.99 to catch Poland in the 2015 European Indoor Championships at set a European indoor record of 3:02.87
In 2015: 1 EIC 4x400; 3 Gainesville; 3 IAAF Relays 4x400; 5 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike; 3 Oordegem Putbos 200; 2 Marseille; 1 Brussels; 1
Liège; 3 Heusden; 2 Belgian; 1 Leuven
27y 180d 1988
44.91
44.43 -12 NR
Belgian record holder at 400m, supplanting twin brother Kevin // 200 pb: 20.31 -12. 5 World Youth 400 2005; 4 WJC 400 2006; sf OLY 400 2008 (5 4x400 with
43.6 split); 2 WIC 4x400 2010; 7 ECH 400 2010 (3 4x400); 3 EIC 4x400 2011; 4 ECH 200 2012 (1 4x400); 6 OLY 400/4x400 2012; 4 WCH 400 2013 (2011-5);
1 EIC 4x400 2015. 1 NCAA 400 2009. 1 Belgian 400 2006/2011/10§5. His mother Mother-Edith De Martelaere was an international sprinter and he has has a
twin brother Kevin and younger brother Dylan who are also international 400m runners, while their elder sister Olivia ran the first leg for the Belgian 4x100m
relay team which won 2008 Olympic silver
In 2015: 1 EIC 4x400; 4 Gainesville; 3 IAAF Relays 4x400; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Oordegem IFAM; 1 Oordegem Putbos; 5 Paris Diamond; 2
Liège; 1 Heusden 200; 1 Belgian; 4 Leuven
217
BORLÉE Jonathan BEL
238
LINNIK Aliaksandr BLR
243
MAKWALA Isaac BOT
24y 205d 1991
45.43
45.43 -15 NR
Winner of 15 Belarusian titles across sprints & hurdle events, now his national record holder at 400m
200 pb: 20.64 -11 (21.14i, 21.16 -15). 110H pb: 13.53 -13. 100 pb: 10.40 -11. 3 EJC 110H 2009; 2 WJC 200 2010; sf EIC 60 2011; sf ECH 200 2012; 9 ETCh
200 2013; 7 under-23 ECH 110H 2013; ht WIC 60H 2014; sf EIC 400 2015; 3 ETCh 400 2015. Member of Turkish Club Fenerbahçe Spor Kulubu
In 2015: 1 Belarusian indoor 200/400; 3sf EIC 400; 1 Belarusian Universities 200/200; 1 Mersin 400; 7 Marseille 400; 1 Istanbul 400; 3 ETCh 400; 2 Tel Aviv
400; 5 Zhukovskiy 400
28y
326d
1986
43.72
43.72 -15 NR
African record holder & twice African Champion // 200 pb: 19.96 -14 (20.17 -15). 100 pb: 10.20 -14. ht WCH 2009; sf COM 2010 (5 4x400); 7 African Games
2011; 1 African Champs 2012/2014 (2008-2); ht OLY 2012; ht WCH 200 2013; sf COM 2014; 2 African Champs 200 2014. Coach-Justice Dipeba
In 2015: 1 Potchefstroom 200/400; 8 IAAF Relays 4x400 (so Botwana are qualified for Rio 2016); 5 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 6 Shanghai Diamond; 7
Eugene Diamond; 6 Rabat; 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds(African & Commonwealth record 43.72); 4 London Diamond
245
NKOBOLO Onkabetse BOT
22y
30d
1993
45.36
45.36 -15
Botswanan #2 after Isaac Makwala in 2015 // sf African Champs 2014
In 2015: 1 Spanish Clubs indoor; 8 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Castellón; 1 Salamanca; 1 Huelva; 1 Spanish Clubs; 2 Madrid ‘B’; 1 Mataró
252
ESTEFANI Hederson BRA
23y
344d
1991
45.41
45.25 -12
400H pb: 49.40 -15. sf WJC 400H 2010; 1 South American under-23 400H 2012; 3 South American 4x400 2013; 2 South American 400/400H 2015. 1 Brazilian
400 2010/2012 & 400H 2014/2015
In 2015: 1 Jundiaí 400H; 1 São Paulo 400; 2 Florida Relays 400; 2 Waco 400; 5 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Brazilian 400H (2 400H); 2 South American 400/400H; 1
São Bernardo do Campo 400; 3ht Pan-Am Games 400H (5 4x400)
253
SOUZA Hugo BRA
28y
169d
1987
45.43
45.09 -14
Full name-Hugo Balduíno de Souza
Twice Brazilian Champion // 200 pb: 20.68 -09. 2 South American 200 2009; 7 WCH 4x400 2013; 2 South American Games 2014; 7 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1
Brazilian 2014/2015
In 2015: 2 Campinas; 2 Florida Relays ‘B’; 3 Waco; 5 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Brazilian; 7 Pan-Am Games
280
ABUBAKER Abbas BRN
19y
95d
1996
45.15
45.15 -15
TRANSFEREE – Nigerian origin // 3 WJC 400 2014; 2 Asian Games 2014; 4 Asian Champs 2014. Cross the line third in the 2013 World Youth final, but was
disqualified for running out of his lane
In 2015: 3 Arab; 2 Doha Diamond; 4 Asian Champs; 2 Plovdiv (Jun 28); 1 Sofia; 1 Stara Zagora; 1 Plovdiv (Jul 25)
332
GUO Zhongze CHN
19y
13d
1996
45.66
45.66 -15
200 pb: 21.02 -14 (21.78 -15). 1 Chinese High School Games 200/400 2014. From Liaoning Province
In 2015: 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final
29y 330d 1985
44.80
44.65 -11 NR
Former Pan-American Games & World Indoor Champion
(Brenes pronounced “Bren-Nez”)
200 pb: 20.49 -14. sf WCH 2007/2011/2013 (2005-ht); sf OLY 2008 (2012-ht); 1 Central American 2010/2011/2015; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games
2010 (2014-8); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 Pan-Am Games 2011 (from lane 1) (2015-4); 1 WIC 2012 (2008/2010-4); 3 Ibero-American 2014. Ankle surgery
in 2013
In 2015: 1 Cartagena; 4 Ponce; 1 Central American; 4 Pan-Am Games; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean (44.80 in heats, his quickest in four years)
362
BRENES Nery CRC
366
ACEA Raidel CUB
24y
294d
1990
45.18
45.18 -15
2011 Pan-American Games bronze at 800m, 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games Champion at 400m
800 pb: 1:45.62 -11 (1:48.12 -15). 1 Pan-Am junior 800 2009; 3 Pan-Am Games 800 2011; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 400 2014
In 2015: 2 IAAF Relays 4x400 ‘B’; 1 Camagüey; 1 Havana Barrientos; 2 Guelph; 2 Bilbao 200 ‘B’; 3 Turku; 3 Velenje; 4ht Pan-Am Games
368
LESCAY Yoandys CUB
21y
228d
1994
45.13
45.13 -15
Anchored Cuba to 2015 Pan-American relay silver // 200 pb: 20.83 -14/15. sf WJC 200 2012; 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games
4x400 2015; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 Cuban 2014
In 2015: 2 IAAF Relays 4x400 ‘B’; 2 Camagüey (3 200); 2 Havana Barrientos 200/400; 4 Havana (Jun 19); 1 Havana (Jun 27); 2 Pan-Am Games 4x400; 4
North/Central America & Caribbean 400 (3 4x400)
24y 181d 1991
45.09
44.79 -14 NR
Reigning World & European Indoor Champion // 200 pb: 20.49 -13. ht World Youth 2007; 7 WJC 200 2010; 3 ETCh 200 2011; 3 under-23 ECH 200 2011/2013;
5 WIC 2012; 1 ECH 2012; sf OLY 2012 (ht 200); 1 EIC 2013/2015 (2011-ht); 3 under-23 ECH 200 2013; 5 WCH 2013 (2011-sf); 1 WIC 2014. 1 Czech 100
2011 & 200 2012/2013. 1 Czech indoor 2015. Coach-Dalibor Kupka (whose 45th birthday it is on Saturday, March 8)
He missed most of the 2014 summer season after tearing his right hamstring at the end of May
In 2015: 1 Czech indoor; 1 EIC (3 4x400); 1 Susice 300; 1 Turnov; 8 Eugene Diamond; 1 Prague Odložil; 3 Oslo Diamond; 1 Kladno 200; 1 ETCh 1st League; 1
Czech 200; 1 Velenje; 7 Paris Diamond; 8 London Diamond; 1 Cheb 300
395
MASLÁK Pavel CZE
407
CUESTA Gustavo DOM
26y
279d
1988
45.09
45.09 -15
Member of Dominican Republic relay team (along with Luguelín Santos) which won at the 2015 World Student Games
200 pb: 20.71 -15. 100 pb: 10.55 -15. 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2012; sf WCH 2013; ht WIC 2014; 4 WSG 2015 (1 4x400); 5 North/Central
America & Caribbean 2015
In 2015: 1 Carolina Classic 100 ‘B’ (3 200); 1 Mayagüez 200 (2 400); 2 Florida Relays ‘C’; 1 Ponce 100/200/400 (Apr 17/18); 3 St-Martin 200 (5 400); 3 Ponce
(May 23); 4 WSG (1 4x400); 5ht Pan-Am Games; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean (4 4x400)
21y 282d 1993
44.56
44.45 -12 NR
Olympic silver & World Championship bronze while still a teenager. New (2015) World Student Games & Pan-Am Games Champion
200 pb: 20.55 -13 (21.07 -15). 1 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 2 Pan-Am Games 2011; sf WIC 2012/2014; 1 WJC 2012 (2010-6); 3 WCH 2013; 5 IAAF
Continental Cup 2014; 1 WSG 400/4x400 2015; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2011-2). Coach-Jose Ludwig Rubio. 1.73/61kg
In 2015: 1 Canadian indoor; 1 Mayagüez (2 200); 3 Florida Relays 200; 2 Ponce 200 (Apr 18); 7 Drake Relays; 8 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 5 Ponce (May
23); 4 Puerto Rican 200 ‘B’; 1 WSG 400/4x400; 1 Pan-Am Games; 2 Stockholm Diamond; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean 4x400
410
SANTOS Luguelín DOM
487
ANNE Mame-Ibra FRA
25y
287d
1989
45.26
45.26 -15
Former European Team Champion // 3 under-23 ECH 4x400 2009; 5 under-23 ECH 2011; 3 Mediterranean Games 2013; 1 ETCh 2014 (2015-2); sf ECH 2014
(4 4x400). 1 French 2013/2014. In 2006 he was selected by France for the World Junior Championships but withdrew after suffering a pulmonary embolism
In 2015: 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational ‘B’; 4 Oordegem IFAM; 1 Créteil; 3 Geneva; 2 ETCh; 3 French; 3 Leuven
515
DUNN Jarryd GBR
23y
203d
1992
45.09
45.09 -15
2015 European Team Champion // 8 EJC 2011; sf EIC 2015; 1 ETCh 2015. 1 English junior 2011; 1 English under-23 2012; 1 British Universities indoors & out
2012; 1 Staffordshire 200 2011. Lives-Walsall. Graduate of Sport & Exercise Science at Wolverhampton University. Coach-Keith Holt
In 2015: 2 UK indoor; 5sf EIC (5 4x400); 1 Oordegem IFAM ‘B’; 2 Geneva; 1 ETCh; 2 UK; 1 Dublin Morton; 2 Copenhagen
520
YOUSIF Rabah GBR
28y
253d
1986
45.01
45.01 -15
Full name-Rabah Mahammed Yousif Bkheit (ex-Sudan)
2011 African Games Champion. Relay gold at 2014 European Championships after running in heats
LJ pb: 7.61 -07. HJ pb: 2.05i -07. sf WCH 2009/2011; 1 Arab 2010; ht WIC 2010; 2 African Champs 2010; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 African Games
2011; sf OLY 2012. 1 UK 2015. Born-Khartoum, came to Britain in 2002. Acquired British citizenship on January 23, 2013 and cleared by the IAAF to compete
for Britain from June 13, 2013. Wife, Sophie Legg, their children Noah & Taiba. Coach-Carol Williams
In 2015: 5 EIC 4x400; 4 Clermont (Apr 18); 2 Gainesville ‘B’; 6 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 British League Premiership/May 9; 1 Loughborough ‘International’; 2
Rehlingen; 3 Marseille; 2 ETCh 4x400; 1 Sollentuna; 1 UK; 1 British League Premiership/Jul 11; 6 London Diamond; 4 Stockholm Diamond; 1 British League
Premiership/Aug 8
He is one of the few top British athletes who regularly competes for his club in the British League
521
ROONEY Martyn GBR
28y
140d
1987
45.41
44.60 -08
2014 European Champion. Terrific in relays, a 43.73 split in Beijing 2008, 43.93 in Zürich 2014
200 pb: 20.87w -11, 21.33 -07. 2 EJC 2005 (1 4x400); 3 WJC 2006 (3 4x400); 1 ECP 2008; 6 OLY 2008 (4 4x400); sf WCH 2009/2011 (2007-ht); 2 WCH 4x400
2009 (2011-7, 2013-4); 1 ETCh 2010; 3 ECH 2010 (2 4x400); sf OLY 2012 (4 4x400); 4 COM 2014 (2006-5); 1 ECH 400/4x400 2014. 1 UK
2008/2010/2011/2012/2014. Married former British pole vault record holder Kate Dennison on September 19, 2014. 1.98 tall
His fastest race on this track in 2008 – 44.60 to reach the Beijing Olympic final
In 2015: 7 Birmingham Diamond 300; 4 Oslo Diamond; 8 Rabat; 2 Sollentuna; 3 UK; 1 Loughborough ‘LEAP’; 7 London Diamond; 3 Stockholm Diamond
British Team Captain in Beijing but only running individually at the World Championships after appealing his non-selection (he was initially named only for the
4x400m relay)
22y 353d 1992
43.95
43.74 -14 NR
In 2011 at age 18 he became the youngest ever World Champion at 400m, added the Olympic title in 2012 – but then “died” in the last 100m at Moscow 2013
(“It was just a bad race”)
200 pb: 20.41 -11 (20.63 -15). 2 World Youth 2007; 1 World Youth 200/400 2009 (unique double); 1 WJC 2010 (2008-2); 1 Pan-Am junior 200 2011; 1 WCH
2011 (2013-7); 1 OLY 2012; 1 COM 2014. 1 NCAA 2010/2011. He still holds the world age-14 record (46.96 in 2007). Coach-Harvey Glance (1 OLY 4x100 76)
In 2015: 1 Tempe; 1 Drake Relays; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rabat (in spikes borrowed from Kenyan 800m runner Ferguson Cheruiyot, as
his luggage had gone missing); 2 Paris Diamond
580
JAMES Kirani GRN
581
TAPLIN Bralon GRN
23y
104d
1992
44.89
44.89 -15
Third leg for Texas A&M relay team which won at the 2014 US Collegiate Championships. Anchor leg for team which won the same title indoors in 2015
200 pb: 20.83 -14. 100 pb: 10.53 -12. sf COM 2014. 1 NCAA 4x400 2014 & indoor 2015. He has dual citizenship with the USA but never competed for that
country and was formally cleared by the IAAF to compete for Grenada from December 20, 2012
In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor 4x400; 2 Tempe; 4sf NCAA; 2 Edmonton Classic; 7ht Pan-Am Games; 4 Portland
28y
94d 1987
45.31
45.31 -15 NR
Guyanese record holder. 2014 Commonwealth Games semi-finalist // 200 pb: 20.59 -13 (20.62 -15). ht OLY 2012; 7 Central American & Caribbean Champs
200 2013; ht WCH 200 2013; sf COM 2014 (ht 200); 6 Pan-Am Games 2015. Carried the Guyanese flag at the Opening Ceremony at London 2012
Curiously he set successive national records of 45.57 and 45.31 in the same city and on the same day one year apart: New York on June 14, 2014 & June 14,
2015
In 2015: 1 Lawrenceville NJ 200; 1 Princeton 200 (3 400) (Apr 18); 1 Princeton 200/400; 1 West Long Branch 200/400; 8 New York Diamond; 1 New York
200/400 (the day after the Diamond League); 1 Trinidadian ‘B’; 2 US Clubs 200; 6 Pan-Am Games
583
GEORGE Winston GUY
608
BLAIR-SANFORD Donald ISR
627
FRANCIS Javon JAM
28y 197d 1987
45.04
45.04 -15 NR
Ex-USA, now the Israeli record holder indoors & out. 2014 European bronze (the first ever European track medal won by an Israeli)
ht OLY 2012; ht EIC 2013; ht WIC 2014; 3 ECH 2014 (2012-4). 2 NCAA 2010. 7 US 2010; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Israeli 2010/2011/2013/2014
Born-Los Angeles, became an Israeli citizen through his 2008 marriage to Danielle Dekel whom he met when they were both at Central Arizona College. They
moved to Israel in 2011 and he was declared eligible by the IAAF to compete for Israel from March 13, 2012
The letters D E S tattooed on his shoulder are the initials of his late father, Donald Eugene Sanford. His mother-Debra Blair
He was named the 2014 Israeli Sportsman of the Year, ahead of a number of footballers
In 2015: dq/sf EIC; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 1 Tel Aviv; 1 Zhukovskiy; 1 Stockholm Diamond ‘B’
20y
250d
1994
44.50
44.50 -15
Brilliant 44.05 anchor in 2013 World Champs at age 18 to move Jamaican up from 5th to 2nd, and then hold off Vladimir Krasnov for the silver
200 pb: 20.58 -14. 9 WJC 2012; sf WCH 2013 (2 4x400). 1 Jamaican 2015. They called him “baby Bolt” after he broke Usain Bolt’s Jamaican schools record for
400m with 45.00 in 2014
In 2015: 1 Kingston GC Foster ‘B’; 1 University of West Indies Invitational; 1 Kingston Classic; 4 IAAF Relays 4x400; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 2
Cayman Invitational; 1 Kingston All-Comers 5; 1 Jamaican
631
McDONALD Rusheen JAM
23y
3d
1992
44.60
44.60 -15
First leg for Jamaican team which won World 4x4 silver in Moscow 2013
200 pb: 20.57 -15. ht OLY 2012; 2 WCH 4x400 2013; sf COM 2014 (4 4x400). 2 Jamaican 2014/2015
In 2015: 2 University of West Indies Invitational 200 ‘B’; 3 Kingston Classic 200; 4 IAAF Relays 4x400; 6 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 3 Kingston All-Comers
2 200; 1 Kingston All-Comers 3; 4 Kingston All-Comers 4 200; 2 Kingston All-Comers 5; 2 Jamaican; 4 Paris Diamond; 1 Lignano; 4 Madrid; 6 Stockholm
Diamond
632
MATTHEWS Peter JAM
25y
281d
1989
45.24
45.24 -15
200 pb: 21.00 -15. 2 WSG 2011. 3 Jamaican 2015
In 2015: 5 Kingston GC Foster; 5 Kingston Classic 200; 6 Kingston Jamaican Invitational ‘B’; 11 Kingston All-Comers 1; 7 Kingston All-Comers 2 200; 5
Kingston All-Comers 3; 3 Kingston All-Comers 4 200 ‘B’; 8 Kingston All-Comers 5; 3 Jamaican; 2 Stockholm Diamond ‘B’; 3 Copenhagen
651
KANEMARU Yuzo JPN
27y
337d
1987
45.22
45.16 -09
2005 Asian Champion (at age 17) & already 11x Japanese Champion // 100 pb: 10.32 -05. 200 pb: 20.69 -06. 1 Asian Champs 2005 (2009-2, 2011/2013-3); 7
WJC 2006; ht OLY 2008/2012; 1 WSG 2009; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-8); 2 Asian Games 2010 (2006-4); sf WCH 2011/2013 (2007/2009-ht); 4
Asian Games 2014 (1 4x400). 1 Japanese 2005-2015
In 2015: 5 Doha Diamond; 3 Asian Champs 4x400; 1 Japanese
692
KISHOYAN Alphas KEN
20y
313d
1994
44.75
44.75 -15
Full name-Alphas (aka Alfas) Leken Kishoyan (aka Kishoyian) // 3 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 3 African junior 2011; 2 World Youth 2011; 2 Commonwealth
Youth Games 2011; 6 WJC 2012; ht WCH 4x400 2013. 1 Kenyan 2013/2015
In 2015: 1 Nairobi; 2 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 3 Oordegem IFAM; 3 Rehlingen; 3 Oordegem Putbos; 2 Florø; 3 Prague Odložil; 1 Kenyan; 2 Liège; 4
Heusden; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial
27y 233d 1987
44.59
44.43 -14 NR
Twice Asian Champion // 200 pb: 20.96 -15. 2 Asian Indoor Games 2009; 3 Asian Games 2010; 1 Asian Champs 2011/2013 (2015-2); sf OLY 2012; 6 WCH
2013 (2009-ht); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Asian Games 2014 (3 4x400). Has lived and trained in the USA since 2011. His younger brother Abdou
Mashari is a 400m hurdler. Lives-Marina del Rey, Los Angeles. Coach-John Smith
In 2015: 6 Mt SAC Relays 200; 2 Drake Relays; 5ht IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 4 Eugene Diamond; 2 Asian Champs 400/4x400; 3
Madrid; 5 London Diamond
715
MASRAHI Youssef KSA
721
KHAWAJAH Mohamed Ashour LBA
27y
293d
1987
47.11
44.98 -10 NR
Libyan record holder. Former African Champion // 200 pb: 21.19 -10. 1 Mediterranean Games 2009; sf WCH 2009; 2 Arab 2009 (2015-6); 1 African Champs
2010 (2014-5); 8 IAAF Continental Cup 2010
In 2015: 6 Arab; 3 Algerian
26y 138d 1989
45.40
45.40 -15 NR
New Dutch record holder // 200 pb: 20.62 -15. sf OLY 2012 (competed as an Independent Olympic Athlete); 5 WCH 4x100 2013; sf ECH 2014; ht EIC 2015. 1
Dutch 2014/2015 (1 200 2015) & indoor 2015
From Curação (who are not a member of the IAAF or IOC), he formerly competed with Netherlands Antilles before that country was dissolved
In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor; 3ht EIC; 1 Carolina Classic (1 200 ‘B’); 1 Gainesville ‘B’; 2 St-Martin 400/200 ‘B’; 2 ETCh 1st League; 1 Sint-Niklaas 200; 1 Brussels
200 (7 400); 8 Madrid; 1 Mannheim; 1 Dutch 200/400
759
BONEVACIA Lee-Marvin NED
829
HAROUN Abdalelah QAT
847
KOEKEMOER Barend RSA
18y 232d 1997
44.27
44.27 -15 NR
TRANSFEREE – Born in Sudan, has been living in Qatar since 2013 and coached by Jama Aden since 2014. Acquired Qatari citizenship on February 2, 2015
and cleared by IAAF to compete for Qatar on April 2, 2015
1 Arab 2015; 1 Asian Champs 2015. 1 Qatari 2014. His 44.27 at La Chaux-de-Fonds makes him the second-fastest junior ever after the 1988 Olympic
Champion Steve Lewis (43.87). In 2014 he competed on Qatari Club circuit with successive personal bests of 47.90-46.72-46.16-45.74
In 2015: 1 Sasolburg; 1 Arab; 2 Doha Emir Cup; 1 Doha Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 1 Asian Champs 400/4x400; 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds (set Asian record
44.27); 1 Madrid
20y
70d
1995
45.42
45.42 -15
sf WJC 2014. 2 South African junior 2014; 3 South African 2015
In 2015: 3 South African; 1 Potchefstroom Open; 1 Cape Town
857
23y
36d 1992
43.96
43.96 -15 NR
(Niekerk pronounced “knee-kirk”)
Silver medals at Commonwealth Games & African Championships in 2014
200 pb: 19.94 -15. 100 pb: 10.45 -11. 4 WJC 200 2010; sf WSG 2013; 2 COM 2014; 2 African Champs 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 South African
200 2011 & 400 2012/2014/2015. Coach-Ans Botha. Student of Marketing at Bloemfontein’s University of the Free State. He was a 200m specialist but
switched to 400m to ease pressure on his hamstrings. His parents Odessa and Wayne were both good high jumpers
In 2015: 1 South African; 1 Stellenbosch; 1 South African Universities; 1 Cape Town 200; 1 Birmingham Diamond (African best 31.63); 1 New York Diamond; 1
Paris Diamond (Defeated Kirani James with South African record 43.96); 1 Lucerne 200 ‘B’ (South African record 19.94); 1 London Diamond
Unbeaten in nine finals in 2015 before Beijing (plus a heat & semi from the South African Championships, making 11 wins in total)
van NIEKERK Wayde RSA
869
IVASHKO Pavel RUS
21y
232d
1994
45.48
45.46 -14
2013 European Junior Champion. 2014 European senior relay silver // 1 EJC 2013 (1 4x400); 2 ECH 4x400 2014 (44.1 split); 4 ETCh 2015; 2 under-23 ECH
2015. 1 Russian junior 2013. From the autonomous Russian district of Khanty-Mansi in Western Siberia
In 2015: 1 Yerino; 4 ETCh 400/4x400; 2 under-23 ECH
897
JANEŽIC Luka SLO
19y
280d
1995
45.44
45.44 -15
He is only one hundredth outside the Slovenian record of 45.43 which has stood to Matija Šestak since 1999
200 pb: 20.67w, 20.88 -15. ht World Youth 200 2011; sf WJC 200/400 2014; 3 under-23 ECH 2015; 1 Balkan 2015. 1 Slovenian indoor 2014/2015
In 2015: 1 Slovenian indoor; dns EIC; 1 Ljubljana 200/400; 1 Slovenska Bistrica; 1 Kranj 100/200; 1 Celje 200/400; 1 Slovenian under-23 100/200; 2 Velenje; 3
under-23 ECH; 1 Slovenian 100/200; 1 Balkan
938
CEDENIO Machel TTO
20y
73d
1995
44.36
44.36 -15
2014 World Junior Champion // 4 World Youth 2011; 5 WJC 2012; 1 Central American & Caribbean youth 2012 & junior 2014; 3 IAAF Relays 4x400 2014 (44.4
split); 1 WJC 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 2015 (1 4x400)
In 2015: 1 Clermont (Apr 18); 7 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Cayman Invitational; 1 Ponce; 6 New York Diamond; dq Trinidadian (for running out of lane; her originally
finished first in 44.29, which is getting very near to the Trinidadian record of 44.21 which has stood to Ian Morris since 1992); 2 Pan-Am Games (1 4x400); 1
Stockholm Diamond
940
GORDON Lalonde TTO
26y
268d
1988
44.64
44.52 -12
Two bronzes each from London 2012 & Glasgow 2014 // 200 pb: 20.26 -13 (20.53 -15). sf COM 400 2010; 3 WIC 4x400 2012; 3 OLY 400/4x400 2012; 2
Central American Champs 200 2013; sf WCH 200 2013; 5 WIC 400 2014; 3 COM 400/4x400 2014; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 400 2015. 1
Trinidadian 400 2012 & 200 2013/2014. Born-Tobago, moved to New York aged eight, he did not run seriously until age 19, having previously tried to make it in
volleyball and basketball
In 2015: 3 Jacksonville 100; 1 Newark NJ 200; 7 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 St-Martin 200/400; 2 Rabat; 3 Trinidadian 400; 1 Liège 300; 1 Heusden 400; 1
North/Central America & Caribbean 400 (44.89 after near-pb 44.64 heat)
942
LENDORE Deon TTO
22y
296d
1992
44.41
44.36 -14
Anchored Trinidad to Olympic 4x400m bronze in London 2012, just holding off Britain’s Martyn Rooney
sf World Youth 2009; sf WJC 2010; 2 Pan-American junior 2011; ht OLY 2012 (3 4x400); sf WCH 2013. 2 NCAA 2013/2014; 1 NCAA indoor 2014. 1 Trinidadian
2013. Student of Business Management at Texas A&M University
In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor 4x400; 1 Stanford Invitational 200; 3 Tempe; 1 Waco; 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference; dnf NCAA final (knee); 6 Atlanta; 1
Portland
943
QUOW Rennie TTO
27y
361d
1987
44.72
44.53 -09
He had the slowest first 100m but the quickest last 100m at the 2009 World Championships to come through for bronze
200 pb: 20.39 -14. 1 WJC 2006 (2004-dq sf); sf Pan-Am Games 2007; ht WCH 2007; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2008/2010; 7 OLY 2008; 3
WCH 2009 (Last at halfway, seventh to third in homestraight); dnf ht WIC 2010; sf WCH 2011; dnf COM final 2014 (then 3 4x400); 1 Pan-Am Games 4x400
2015. 1 Trinidadian 2014. He is a Tobagonian
In 2015: 7 IAAF Relays 4x400; 8 Shanghai Diamond; 5 New York Diamond; 1 Trinidadian; 3 Székesfehérvár; 6 Madrid; 1 Pan-Am Games 4x400
977
BUTRYM Vitaliy UKR
24y
223d
1991
45.01
45.01 -15 NR
Ukrainian record holder // 200 pb: 20.96 -15. ht OLY 2012; sf EIC 2013/2015; 2 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-8); ht WIC 2014; sf ECH 2014. 1 Ukrainian
2012/2013/2014/2015 & indoor 2014. Coaches-Mykola & Svitlana Gudym
In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor; 5sf EIC; 2 Ukrainian University Games 200/400; 1 Ukrainian Cup 200 (May 22); 1 Ukrainian Teams; 5 ETCh; 8 Velenje; 4
Zhukovskiy; 1 Ukrainian Cup 200 (Jul 21); 1 Almaty; 1 Ukrainian
1006
CLEMONS Kyle USA
24y
237d
1990
44.84
44.84 -15
2014 World indoor bronze & relay gold with world indoor record 3:02.13. 2015 Pan-American Games individual & relay bronze
3 WIC 2014 (1 4x400); 3 Pan-Am Games 400/4x400 2015. 1 US indoor 2014; 3 US 2014. Attends University of Kansas, reading African American Studies
In 2015: 1 Fort Worth 100 ‘C’/200 ‘B’; 3 Baylor Invitational 100/200; 1 Kansas Relays 200; 2 Ponce ‘B’; 4 Marseille; 3 Huelva; 5 Rabat; 5 US; 5 Edmonton
Classic; 3 Pan-Am Games 400/4x400; 3 Atlanta
1047
MERRITT Lashawn USA
29y
55d
1986
44.36
43.74 -13
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Former Olympic Champion (in Beijing 2008)
200 pb; 19.80w -08, 19.98 -07. 1 WJC 400 & relays 2004; 1 WIC 4x400 2006 (dq individual ht); 1 WCP 2006; 2 WCH 2007 (1 4x400); 1 OLY 400/4x400 2008; 1
WCH 2009 (1 4x400); 2 WCH 2011 (1 4x400); 1 WCH 2013 (1 4x400); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 US 400 2008/2009/2013. Coach-Loren Seagrave
Served a 21-month doping suspension to July 27, 2011. Later he successfully challenged the IOC’s ruling which had barred any athlete who has received a
doping suspension of more than six months from competing in the next Games
In 2015: 5 Drake Relays; 1 IAAF Relays 4x400; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Taipei; 3 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Ponce; 2 Eugene Diamond; 2 US; 2
Székesfehérvár; 1 Edmonton Classic; 1 Atlanta 300 (world lead 31.53)
1049
NELLUM Bryshon USA
26y
112d
1989
44.92
44.80 -12
2012 Olympic relay silver // 200 pb: 20.23 -13 (20.39 -15). 3 World Youth 2005; 1 WJC 4x400 2006; 1 Pan-Am junior 2007; sf OLY 2012 (2 4x400). 3 US
Olympic Trial 2012; 1 NCAA 2013. Born/lives-Los Angeles. In 2009 he was shot three times in the leg by a gang and told he would not be able to compete
again at a high level. He was the US flagbearer at the closing ceremony at the 2012 Olympic Games
In 2015: 2 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational 200; 1 Los Angeles 200 ‘B’; 1 Eugene Twilight; 1 Chula Vista 200; 1 Cerritos (3 200); 4 US; 2 Atlanta; 2 Chiba
Juntendo
1050
NORWOOD Vernon USA
23y
132d
1992
44.44
44.44 -15
Broke 45 seconds with a bang in his first outdoor 400m of 2015: 44.44
3 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2014. 1 NCAA 2015 indoors & out; 3 US 2015 (2014-4). Reading Interdisciplinary Studies at Louisiana State
University. Coach-Dennis Shaver
In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor; 4 Tucson 200; 1 Baton Rouge; 2 Starkville Southeastern Conference; 1 NCAA 400/4x400 (3 4x100); 3 US; 3 Edmonton Classic 200
‘B’; 9 London Diamond; 3 Stockholm Diamond ‘B’
1067
VERBURG David USA
24y
99d
1991
44.41
44.41 -15
World relay champion indoors, outdoors and as a junior // 200 pb: 20.63 -15. 1 WJC 4x400 2010; 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 1
WCH 4x400 2013; 4 WIC 2014 (1 4x400); 1 IAAF Relays 4x400 2013/2014. 1 US 2015. He took up athletics after being told he was he was told he was too
small for college football (he’s 1.67m tall or 5-6). Studied sports marketing at George Mason University (Fairfax, Virginia)
Never races in socks but says he must always wear some sort of bracelet when competing
In 2015: 3 Florida Relays 200 ‘B’; 2 Gainesville; 1 IAAF Relays 4x400; 4 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Marseille; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 4 New York Diamond; 1 US;
3 Paris Diamond; 2 Madrid; 2 London Diamond
1076
27y 357d 1987
45.26
45.21 -14 NR
Venezuelan record holder at 400m. Second leg for team which won at 2013 South American Championships
400 pb: 45.21 -14. 110H pb: 13.89 -09. HJ pb: 2.22 -06/09. 3 Ibero-American 400 2010 (2012-4); sf OLY 2012 (7 4x400); 1 South American 4x400 2013; 6 IAAF
Relays 4x400 2014; 3 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014. 1 Venezuelan 400 2012, HJ 2010/2013 & 110H 2009/2010/2011/2013
In 2015: 4 Barquisimeto; 1 Venezuelan HJ (2 400); 3 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational/200 ‘D’; 1 Redlands; 3 Cerritos; 1 South American 4004x400; dq Pan-Am
Games final (out of lane)
BRAVO Alberth VEN
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....43.18.......Michael Johnson USA................1999
2.....43.29.......Butch Reynolds USA..................1988
3.....43.45.......Jeremy Wariner USA................. 2007
4.....43.50.......Quincy Watts USA..................... 1992
5.....43.72.......Isaac Makwala BOT................... 2015
=6...43.74.......LaShawn Merritt USA.................2013
.......43.74.......Kirani James GRN..................... 2014
8.....43.81.......Danny Everett USA.................... 1992
9.....43.86.......Lee Evans USA.......................... 1968
10...43.87.......Steve Lewis USA....................... 1988
11...43.96.......Wayde van Niekerk RSA............2015
1.....43.72.......Isaac Makwala BOT
2.....43.95.......Kirani James GRN
3.....43.96.......Wayde van Niekerk RSA
=4...44.27.......Steven Gardiner BAH
.......44.27.......Abdalelah Haroun QAT
=6...44.36.......Machel Cedenio TTO
.......44.36.......LaShawn Merritt USA
=8...44.41.......Deon Lendore TTO
.......44.41.......David Verburg USA
10...44.44.......Vernon Norwood USA
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Age
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KHAIRANDESH Wais Ibrahim AFG
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
24y
234d
1990
1:57.61
1:55.91 -13 NR
26y
302d
1988
1:46.06
1:46.06 -15
Afghan record holder // In 2015: 7 Portland
152
BENMAHDI Khalid ALG
QBR
3 French indoor 2014
In 2015: 1 Algiers; 1 Colmar; 2 Montgeron; 1 Vénissieux; 2 Oordegem Putbos; 2 Montbéliard; 1 Huelva; 1 Mulhouse 400; 4 Halluin; 6 Velenje; 1 La Roche-surYon; 2 Castres; 3 Ninove; 3 Leuven
156
HATHAT Yassine ALG
24y
22d
1991
1:45.79
1:45.79 -15
1988
1:45.17
1:43.53 -14
1500 pb: 3:36.54 -15. 4 Mediterranean Games 800 2013; 11 African Champs 1500 2014. 1 Algerian 800 2014
In 2015: 3 Prague Odložil 1500; 8 Rabat 1500; 2 Carquefou 1500; 1 Algiers 800; 4 Kortrijk 800; 2 Algiers 1500
159
MAKHLOUFI Taoufik ALG
27y
113d
2012 Olympic Champion at 1500m (when he clocked 25.1 for the 200m section between 1200m & 1400m)
1500 pb: 3:28.75 -15. sf WCH 1500 2009/2011; 1 African Games 800 2011 (3 1500); 1 African Champs 800 2012; 1 OLY 1500 2012. At WXC: 2007-82J. 1
Algerian 800 2010. Born-Souk Ahras ALG, now based in Angers, France where his coach is Philippe Dupont (who also coaches steeplechaser Mahiedine
Mekhissi)
In 2015: 3 Eugene Diamond 800; 1 Tomblaine 1000 (2:13.08 for fourth world all-time); 4 Paris Diamond 1500; 2 Monaco Diamond 1500
180
RALPH Joshua AUS
23y
298d
1991
1:45.79
1:45.79 -15
2014 Australian Champion at 800m // 400 pb: 46.34 -13 (47.75 -15). ht COM 800 2014. 1 Australian 800 2014 (2015-3). Physiotherapy student, also works parttime in Sydney in the bakery franchise owned by his parents. Coach Phil Moore
In 2015: 6 Adelaide; 2 New South Wales State 400; 4 Melbourne Challenge; 3 Australian; 3 IAAF Relays 4x800; 2 Nivelles; 6 Cork City; 1 Liège ‘B’; 6 Heusden
‘B’; 1 Ninove; 1 Kuortane
181
RISELEY Jeff AUS
28y
283d
1986
1:44.99
1:44.48 -12
5x Australian Champion at 1500m // 1500 pb: 3:32.93 -09 (3:36.87 -15). 1000 pb: 2:16.09 -14. ht WCH 800 2007; ht OLY 1500 2008/2012; sf WCH 1500 2009
(2011-ht); 5 COM 800/1500 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 800 2015. 1 Australian 1500 2009/2011/2012/2014/2015 (1 800 2015). 1.94 tall, he claims to have
high jumped two metres. Coach-Andrew Russell
In 2015: 1 Newcastle 1500; 1 Adelaide 800; 2 Sydney Classic 1500; 2 Melbourne Challenge 800; 1 Australian 800/1500 (the first to win that double since Simon
Doyle 1991); 3 Tomblaine 800; 1 Lignano 800; 3 Karlstad 800; 1 Dublin Morton Mile
212
GAKEME Antoine BDI
23y
240d
1991
1:44.09
1:44.09 -15
1500 pb: 3:44.77 -15. sf WCH 2013; 7 African Champs 2014. At 2013 World Championships he front ran his heat (50.71) to end up with 1:46.70, six seconds
quicker than the previous best reported for him. Then improved to 1:45.39 in semis
In 2015: 1 Castellón; 1 Elche; 1 Castellón; 1 European Clubs Cup; 1 Montreuil; 1 Spanish Clubs; 2 Tomblaine; 1 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 2 Madrid
24y 224d 1991
1:42.51
1:42.51 -15 NR
Bosnian & Herzegovinian record holder at 400m & 800m
Surprise European finalist in 2014, then an even bigger surprise to progress to 1:42.51 in 2015
400 pb: 47.19 -13 (47.35 -15). 3 under-23 ECH 2013; 6 ECH 2014 (2012-sf); 1 Balkan indoor 2015. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering. Coached in
Italy (Verona) by Gianni Ghidini (who also advised the Beijing Olympic Champion Wilfred Bungei)
In 2015: 1 Balkan indoor; 4ht EIC; 1 Bosnian & Herzegovinian teams; 1 Salzburg; 1 Zenica; 2 Huelva; 1 Bosnian & Herzegovinian/800; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 1
Velenje; 1 Madrid; 1 Monaco Diamond (1:42.51 to beat very Nijel Amos, Ayanleh Souleiman, Adam Kszczot, Mohammed Aman etc); 1 Bellinzona; 1 Kragujevac
234
TUKA Amel BIH
241
AMOS Nijel BOT
248
ABRÃO Cleiton BRA
21y 159d 1994
1:42.66
1:41.73 -13 NR
Full name-Nijel Carlos Amilfitano Amos
World #1 in 2014 with three Diamond League wins and golds at the Commonwealth Games & African Championships
400 pb: 45.56 -14 (45.74 -15). 200 pb: 21.34 -15. 5 World Youth 2011; 3 Commonwealth Youth Games 2011; 1 WJC 2012; 2 OLY 2012; 1 WSG 2013; 1 COM
2014; 1 African Champs 2014. Coach-Jean Verster (same as Andre Olivier, with whom he trains in Potchefstroom)
In 2015: 6 Potchefstroom Open; 2 Eugene Diamond; 2 Rome Diamond; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Sopot; 1 Erlangen 200/400; 1 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Monaco
Diamond; 1 London Diamond
25y
347d
1989
1:47.91
1:45.59 -14
Full name-Cleiton Cezario Abráo // 5 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Brazilian 2014
In 2015: 2 São Paulo (Mar 21); 2 São Paulo (Apr 5); 1 São Bernardo do Campo ‘B’ (Apr 18); 2 São Paulo State; 3 Brazilian; 3 Rehlingen; 4 Dessau; 10
Regensburg Sparkassen; 2 São Bernardo do Campo (Jul 11); 5 Pan-Am Games
290
ROTICH Abraham BRN
21y
329d
1993
1:45.33
1:43.13 -12
TRANSFEREE – Kenyan origin, cleared by the IAAF to represent Bahrain from April 1, 2014
Full name-Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich
1000 pb: 2:17.08 -12. 1500 pb: 3:49.5 -14. Set a short-lived Kenyan junior record of 1:43.13 in 2012. 2 Arab 2013 (2015-8); dq Asian Games 2014 (originally
finished third but had run out his lane on the first bend)
In 2015: 1 Nairobi; 8 Arab; 2 Beijing Challenge; 4 Sopot; 2 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 Liège; 2 Heusden
360
RODRIGUEZ Rafith COL
26y
81d
1989
1:45.53
1:44.31 -11 NR
Full name-Rafith Rodriguez Lleneres
3x South American Champion & Colombian record holder at 800m & co-holder at 400m
400 pb: 45.62 -14. 1500 pb: 3:42.75 -14. ht WJC 2008; 5 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; 1 South American 2011/2013/2015 (2014-2); sf WCH
2011; sf WIC 2012; ht OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013; 1 Ibero-American 2014; 3 South American 1500 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2011-9). 1 Colombian
2010/2011/2013/2014 (1 400 2011)
In 2015: 1 Santiago de Chile; 1 Kawasaki; 1 Cartagena; 2 Ponce; 1 South American; 3 Heusden; 2 Pan-Am Games
401
BUBE Andreas DEN
28y
39d
1987
1:45.78
1:44.89 -12
(Bube pronounce “Boo-bay”)
2012 European silver, then a close fourth in 2014
400 pb: 46.48 -09. 200 pb: 21.68 -07. 400H pb: 52.41 -08. sf WJC 400H 2006; ht EIC 400 2009 & 800 2011/2013; sf WCH 2011; 2 ECH 2012 (2010-ht, 2014
-4); ht OLY 2012. 1 Danish 400H 2003/2006/2007 (1 400 2006/2009, 1 800 2010/2011); 1 Danish indoor 200 2009 & 800 2011/2012/2013/2015
In 2015: 9 Hengelo; 8 Ostrava Golden Spike; 2 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh 2nd League; 2 Sollentuna; 2 Boissano; 2 Cork City; dnf Kortrijk; 3 Bellinzona; 2
Stockholm Diamond; 5 Copenhagen; 1 Danish
22y 260d 1992
1:42.97
1:42.97 -15 NR
2014 World Indoor Champion. 2014 African Champion. 2013 World 800m bronze
1500 pb: 3:29.58 -14 (3:30.17 -15). Mile pb: 3:47.32 -14 (3:51.10 -15). 5000 pb: 13:17.97 -15. ht World Youth 3000 2009; 6 African Games 1500 2011; 3 WCH
800 2013 (sf 1500); 1 Francophone Games 2013; 1 WIC 2014 (2012-5); 1 African Champs 2014 (2012-2); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. Born-Somalia, came
to Djibouti in 2008. Made extraordinary improvement from 3:42.70 to 3:34.32 to win at 2011 Arab Championships. Coach-Jama Aden
In 2015: 1 Arab 5000; 1 Doha Diamond; 1 Eugene Diamond Mile; 4 Oslo Diamond Mile; 1 Catalan 800; 3 Monaco Diamond 800; 3 London Diamond Mile; 1
Stockholm Diamond 1500
405
SOULEIMAN Ayanleh DJI
438
LÓPEZ Kevin ESP
458
AMAN Mohammed ETH
475
UMAR Jena ETH
25y
70d 1990
1:45.25
1:43.74 -12 NR
Full name-Kevin López Yerga
Spanish record holder & 9xchampion (5 out + 4 in)
1500 pb: 3:38.30 -13. 400 pb: 46.90 -13. ht World Youth 2007; sf WJC 2008; 1 EJC 2009; 6 ECH 2010 (2012/2014-sf); 2 under-23 ECH 2011; sf OLY 2012; 2
EIC 2013 (2011-3, 2015-sf); sf WCH 2013; ht WIC 2014; 5 ETCh 2014 (2013/2015-8). 1 Spanish 2010/2011/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2012/2013/2014/2015).
His father named him after the 1993 Motorcycle World Champion Kevin Schwantz
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 3sf EIC; 11 Rome Diamond; dnf Huelva 1500; 8 ETCh; 6 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 4 Madrid; 1 Spanish; 3 Monachil
21y 223d 1994
1:43.56
1:42.37 -13 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Full name-Mohammed Aman Geleto // 1000 pb: 2:15.75 -14. Mile pb: 3:57.14 -11. 1 Falkirk Cup 2009 (apparently aged 15); dq African Junior 2009 (won it, but
he was proved to be underage); 1 African junior 2011; 2 World Youth 2011; 1 WIC 2012/2014; 6 OLY 2012; 1 WCH 2013 (2011-8); 2 African Champs 2014; 2
IAAF Continental Cup 2014. In Milan 2011 became the first and only man to defeat David Rudisha at 800m since 2009, and he did so again in Zurich 2012
(He has never raced at 400m, but says his personal best in training is 46.0 - twice - with 10 minutes recovery between the two runs)
He has been living and training in Portland (Oregon) with the group of Mark Rowland
In 2015: 9 Doha Diamond; 1 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond; 2 Montreuil 1000; 8 Lausanne Diamond; 8 Monaco Diamond
QBR
19y
240d
1995
1:46.07
1:46.07 -15
6 African junior 2013; 5 WJC 2014 (2012-sf). 1 Ethiopian 2014
In 2015: 4 Mondeville; 4 Salzburg; 1 Decines; 1 Montbéliard; 5 Velenje; 5 Sotteville-lès-Rouen
23y 101d 1992
1:43.88
1:42.53 -14 NR
French record holder // 8 WJC 2010; 1 EJC 2011; 3 ECH 2012; sf OLY 2012; 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 7 WCH 2013; 8 ECH 2014 (First to last in final 200m); 2
ETCh 2015 (2013/2014-4). 1 French 2012/2014/2015. His real name is Bossé but is adamant that people write “Bosse” (no accent) and pronounce it “Boss”.
Coach-Bruno Gajer
In 2015: 4 Doha Diamond; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike 1000; 7 Rome Diamond; 3 New York Diamond; 2 ETCh; 7 Lausanne Diamond; 1 French; 10 Monaco
Diamond; 6 London Diamond
490
BOSSE Pierre-Ambroise FRA
533
LANGFORD Kyle GBR
19y
200d
1996
1:45.78
1:45.78 -15
New European Junior Champion // 400 pb: 48.17 -14 (48.55 -15). 3 World Youth 2013; 8 WJC 2014; 1 EJC 2015. 1 UK 2015; 1 English junior 2015. CoachGeorge Harrison
In 2015: 3 Ostrava Golden Spike; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 1 English junior; 1 UK; 1 EJC; 7 London Diamond (1:45.78, third on British all-time list for juniors
after Sharpe 1:45.64 & Ovett 1:45.77)
537
RIMMER Michael GBR
29y
199d
1986
1:45.67
1:43.89 -10
7x UK Champion & 2010 European silver // 400 pb: 48.81 -15. 1500 pb: 3:38.91 -11. 4 World Youth 2003 (2001-sf); 8 WJC 2004; 3 Commonwealth Youth
Games 2004; 8 EJC 2005; 2 ECP 2007; sf WCH 2007/2009/2013 (2011-ht); sf OLY 2008 (2012-ht); 2 ETCh 2010; 2 ECH 2010 (2006-8, 2014-ht); ht EIC 2013;
7 COM 2014. 1 AAA 800 2006 & UK 800 2007/2008/2009/2010/2013/2014. Coach-Jon Bigg
He has been in the top three at the AAA or UK Championships for ten years in succession
In 2015: 6 Sopot; 2 UK; 1 Stretford; 6 Madrid; 3 Lucerne; 5 London Diamond; 3 Stockholm Diamond
566
SCHEMBERA Robin GER
26y
323d
1988
1:45.48
1:45.48 -15
7x German Champion (4 in + 3 out). His mum was fourth at the European Indoor Championships, he was fifth
6 World Youth 2005; sf WJC 2006; 3 ECP 2007 (2008-4); 1 EJC 2007; 3 under-23 ECH 2009; ht WCH 2009; 4 ETCh 2010 (2015-7); dnf EIC 2011 (injured
when another runner fell); 5 EIC 2015. 1 German 2008/2009/2013 (1 indoor 2008/2010/2013/2015). Son of former East German 800m runner Katrin Wuhn (4
EIC 1500 1987). Coach-Adi Zaar
In 2015: 1 German indoor; 5 EIC; 5 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 2 Hengelo; 1 Dessau; 7 ETCh; 2 German
573
AMANKWAH Alex GHA
23y
171d
1992
1:45.91
1:45.91 -15
1:45.49
1:44.84 -13
6 NCAA indoor 2015, representing University of Alabama. Born-Ghana, his family emigrated to the USA
In 2015: 6 NCAA indoor; 1 Florida Relays; 1 Norman; 1 Louisiana State Invitational; 4 Starkville Southeastern Conference
600
ENGLISH Mark IRL
22y
156d
1993
2014 European bronze, 2015 European indoor silver // 5 WJC 2012; ht WCH 2013; ht WIC 2014; 3 ECH 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 2 EIC 2015; 8
under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Irish 2011/2014/2015 & indoor 2011/2013/2015. he is only 0.02 short of David Matthews’s Irish 800m outdoor record of 1:44.82 which
has stood since 1995. Coach-Nic Bideau
In 2015: 1 Irish indoor; 2 EIC; 5 Hengelo; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike; 7 New York Diamond; 2 ETCh 1st League; 3 Cork City; 8 under-23 ECH; 4 London
Diamond; 1 Irish
35y 149d 1980
1:45.88 -10 NR
Iraqi record holder at 800m & 1500m. 2014 Asian Games Champion at 800m
1500 pb: 3:42.50 -14 (3:51.0 -15). 2 Asian Champs 1500 2005 (6 800); 9 Asian Indoor Champs 1500 2006; 3 Asian Indoor Games 800 2009; 3 Asian Champs
800 2009 (7 1500); 2 Asian Games 800 2010 (10 1500); 2 Asian Indoor Champs 800 2012; ht OLY 800 2012; 1 Asian Games 800 2014 (was originally only
fourth in the race, but the three men ahead of him were disqualified for obstruction or lane infractions) (3 1500)
In 2015: 2 Baghdad 1500
606
AKKAR Adnan Taees IRQ
610
BENEDETTI Giordano ITA
26y
91d
1989
1:45.07
1:44.67 -13
9x Italian Champion (5 in + 4 out)
2015 European Team Championships winner, ahead of the favourites Bosse and Kszczot
400 pb: 47.64 -13 (48.55 -15). 6 WJC 2008; 8 Mediterranean Games 2009; sf ECH 2010/2014; 4 under-23 ECH 2011; ht EIC 2013; sf WCH 2013; sf ECH
2014; 1 ETCh 2015 (2010-8, 2013-5, 2014-3). 1 Italian 2011/2012/2014/2015 & indoor 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014
In 2015: 1 Milan 1000; 1 Trento; 5 Kawasaki; 3 European Clubs Cup; 8 Rome Diamond; 1 ETCh; 1 Italian; 6 Stockholm Diamond
685
KIPKETER Alfred KEN
18y
237d
1996
1:44.07
1:43.95 -14.
2013 World Youth Champion, 2014 World Junior Champion // 1 World Youth 2013; 1 IAAF Relays 4x800 2014; 1 WJC 2014. 1 Kenyan youth 2013 & junior
2014
In 2015: 2 Nairobi; dq/ IAAF Relays 4x800 (chageover); 3 Doha Diamond; 1 Beijing Challenge; 4 Eugene Diamond; 4 Lausanne Diamond; 9 Monaco Diamond;
3 Kenyan World Championship Trial
701
CHERUIYOT Ferguson KEN
25y
264d
1989
1:43.60
1:42.84 -14
Full name-Ferguson Rotich Cheruiyot // sf WCH 2013; 1 IAAF Relays 4x800 2014; 4 COM 2014; 4 African Champs 2014. 2 Kenyan 2013. Ex-high jumper (pb
2.01 -10), started running seriously only in 2013. Disqualified after he ran out of his lane in 2013 World Championship semi-final (but wouldn’t have qualified
anyway). At age 12 (he says), he changed his first name from Simon to Ferguson in honour of Alex Ferguson, the former manager of Manchester United (an
English professional football club) – “they cannot stop winning and that is why I chose to be known as Ferguson”
In 2015: 1 Nairobi ‘B’; 2 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 2 Doha Diamond; 9 Eugene Diamond; 5 Rome Diamond; 4 Rabat; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 7 Monaco
Diamond; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial
26y 246d 1988
1:43.58
1:40.91 -12 NR
Full name-David Lekuta Rudisha
2012 Olympic Champion when he also broke the world record, but missed most of 2013 with a knee injury
400 pb: 45.50 -10. 1 WJC 2006 (4 4x400); 1 African junior 2007; 1 African Champs 2008/2010; sf WCH 2009; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 OLY 2012 (world
record 1:40.91 – 23.5 at 200m, 49.28 at 400m, 1:14.30 at 600m); 2 COM 2014. 1 Kenyan 2009/2010. His father Daniel Rudisha anchored Kenya to silver
medals in the 1968 Olympic 4x400m (with a 44.0 split). Married Elizabeth Naayu in Nairobi on December 17, 2010 (his 22nd birthday). Coach-Colm O’Connell
In 2015: 1 Sydney Classic; 1 Melbourne Challenge; dnf Ostrava Golden Spike (muscle spasm); 1 New York Diamond; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 2 London
Diamond; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial
702
RUDISHA David KEN
712
HAJDARI Musa KOS
27y
314d
1987
1:47.4 -14 NR
1:48.79
Kosovan record holder
In 2015: 2 Bar; 6 Oordegem IFAM ‘B’; 6 Lokeren; 1 Oordegem Putbos
This is Kosovo’s first appearance at a World Championships since they became the 214th member of the IAAF in April
713
AL-DARAN Ali Saad KSA
25y
126d
1990
1:45.57
1:45.57 -15
Second in 2007 World Youth Championship 800m // 400 pb: 47.11 -08. sf WJC 800 2008 (ht 2006); 2 World Youth 800 2007; 4 Asian Champs 800 2007; 1
Asian Indoor Champs 4x400 2008; sf WJC 800 2008
In 2015: 1 Fullerton; 1 San Diego; 1 Qatif; 2 Arab; 5ht IAAF Relays 4x400; 4 Huelva; 3 Lignano; 3 Kortrijk; 2 Ninove; 1 Leuven
730
BELHANBEL Nader MAR
21y
51d
1994
1:44.64
1:44.64 -15
sf World Youth 2011; 3 African junior 2013; 3 Francophone Games 2013
In 2015: 3 Arab; 1 Montgeron; 1 Tourcoing; 2 Salzburg; 3 Rabat; 1 Bilbao; 3 Sollentuna; 1 Sopot; 5 Catalan
733
EL GUESSE Abdellatif MAR
22y
175d
1993
1:45.78
1:45.78 -15
23y
274d
1991
1:45.76
1:44.96 -13
2015 World Student Games silver // Student of Philosophy from Marrakech
In 2015: 2 Moroccan; 9 Rabat; 2 WSG
734
EL MANAOUI Amine MAR
2007 World Youth bronze // 3 World Youth 2007; 7 WJC 2008 (2010-sf); 3 Pan-Arab 2011; ht OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013; 8 African Champs 2014
In 2015: 7 Arab; 5 Rehlingen; 1 Moroccan; 2 Rabat; 1 Lisbon; 2 Bellinzona
31y 131d 1984
1:48.22
1:47.03 -08 NR
Ex-France, became eligible to compete for Monaco from 2010. Monegasque record holder (1:47.61 in 2010)
1 Small States Games 2005/2007/2011 (2009-4, 2013/2013-2); ht WIC 2010/2012/2014; sf ECH 2010 (2012-ht); ht EIC 2011/2013/2015; dq ht OLY 2012 (out
of lane)
In 2015: dnf/ht French indoor; 6ht EIC; 2 Small States of Europe Games (4 1500); 6 ETCh 3rd League; 2 Roanne; 7ht French; 11 Monaco Diamond; 4 La
Roche-sur-Yon; 10 Ninove ‘B’
753
ETÈS Brice MON
762
KUPERS Thijmen NED
23y
321d
1991
1:45.28
1:45.28 -15
2014 World indoor finalist. 2015 European indoor bronze // Outdoor pb: 1:45.68 -15. sf EIC 2013; 6 under-23 ECH 2013; 5 WIC 2014; 6 ETCh 2014; ht ECH
2014. 1 Dutch 2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2012/2013/2014/2015)
In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor; 3 EIC; 1 Hoorn; 6 Hengelo; 2 Nijmegen; 1 Leiden; 3 ETCh 1st League; 1 Nivelles; 1 Kortrijk; 4 Liège; 1 Heusden ‘B’; 4 Karlstad; 1
Dutch
797
KSZCZOT Adam POL
25y
353d
1989
1:43.45
1:43.30 -11
2014 European Champion by a large margin (0.74) // 1500 pb: 3:46.53 -10. 1000 pb: 2:15.72 -14. 400 pb: 46.51 -11. 3 EJC 2007; 4 WJC 2008; 4 EIC 2009; 1
under-23 ECH 2009/2011; 1 EIC 2011/2013; 1 ETCh 2011/2013 (2009-9, 2014-2, 2015-3); 6 WCH 2011 (2009/2013-sf); sf OLY 2012; 2 WIC 2014 (2010-3); 2
IAAF Relays 4x800 2014 (1:44.8 anchor, the fastest of the race – he nearly caught the Kenyan winners); 1 ECH 2014 (2010-3); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1
Polish 2010/2012/2014/2015 (1 indoors 2009/2010/2011/2012/2014). Student of Science Management at the University of Łodz
In 2015: 2 IAAF Relays 4x800 (4 Distance Medley); 1 Ostrava Golden Spike; 8 Eugene Diamond; 4 Rome Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Rabat; 3 ETCh;
1 Polish; 3 London Diamond; 1 Szczecin
798
KUCIAPSKI Artur POL
21y
238d
1993
1:45.21
1:44.89 -14
2014 European silver. 2015 European under-23 gold // ht WJC 2012; 2 ECH 2014; 1 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Polish 2013
In 2015: 4 Ostrava Golden Spike 600; 3 Dessau; 5 Biala Podlaska; 9 Rome Diamond; 3 Montreuil; 5 Rabat; 2 Sopot; 1 under-23 ECH; 3 Polish; 3 Szczecin
799
LEWANDOWSKI Marcin POL
28y
69d
1987
1:43.72
1:43.72 -15
Fourth in the last two World Championship 800m finals. European Champion outdoors in 2010 & indoors in 2015
1500 pb: 3:37.37i , 3:38.19 -14 (3:38.68i -15). 7 EJC 1500 2005; 4 WJC 800 2006; 8 WSG 800 2007; 2 ECP 800 2008; sf OLY 800 2008/2012; 3 ETCh 800
2010; 1 ECH 800 2010 (2014-5); 1 World Military Games 800 2011; 4 WCH 800 2011/2013 (2009-8); dnf WIC 800 sf 2012; 4 EIC 1500 2013; dq WIC 800
2014; 1 EIC 800 2015 (2009-6, 2011-2); 2 ETCh 1500 2015 (201403). At WXC: 2006-90 short. 1 Polish 2011 & indoor 2015 (1 1500 2008/2010).
Coach/brother-Tomasz Lewandowski
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor 800; 1 EIC 800; 2 IAAF Relays 4x800 (4 Medley Relay); 1 Hengelo 800; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike 1000; 6 Rome Diamond 800; 3
Birmingham Diamond 800; 2 ETCh 1500; 5 Lausanne Diamond 800; 6 Monaco Diamond 800; 2 Polish 800; 2 Szczecin 800
26y 155d 1989
1:43.82
1:43.82 -15 NR
Twice Asian Champion // 400 pb: 46.44 -13. 3 Asian Games 2010; sf WIC 2012; sf OLY 2012; 1 Asian Champs 2013; sf WCH 2013; 1 Francophone Games
2013; 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2014 (2010-2); 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. Crossed the finish line second at the 2014 Asian Games final, but was disqualified
for having broken from his lane too early on the first lap.
In 2015: 1 Arab; 1 Doha Emir Cup; 8 Doha Diamond; 1 Asian Champs 800/4x400; 4 Sollentuna; 3 Catalan; 1 Lucerne; 1 Mataró; 1 Stockholm Diamond
825
BALLA Abdulrahman Musaeb QAT
828
HAIRANE Jamal QAT
QBR
22y
87d
1993
1:46.16
1:46.16 -15
3 Asian junior 2013; sf WJC 2012; 6 Arab 1500 2013/2015; 4 Asian Indoor Champs 2014; 3 Asian Games 2014; 7 Asian Champs 800 2015
In 2015: 2 Qatif 1500 (4 800); 6 Arab 1500; 3 Doha Emir Cup; 10 Doha Diamond; 7 Asian Champs 800; 1 Copenhagen; 2 Leuven
858
VAN RENSBURG Rynhardt RSA
23y
150d
1992
1:45.40
1:45.40 -15
2015 World Student Games bronze // 3 WSG 2015 (2013-6). 1 South African junior 2010/2011; 1 South African under-23 2012/2013/2014. Student of Marketing
at Bloemfontein University of the Free State
In 2015: 1 Pretoria; 1 Windhoek; 1 Potchefstroom; 2 South African; 1 Stellenbosch; 2 South African Universities; 1 Cape Town; 1 Huelva ‘B’; 2 Bilbao; 3 Sopot;
2 Velenje; 3 WSG
887
TOLOKONNIKOV Konstantin RUS
19y
176d
1996
1:45.76
1:45.76 -15
2013 World youth silver (where he made up a huge amount of ground to pass five men in the last 100m). 2015 European junior silver
2 World Youth 2013; sf WJC 2014; 4 ETCh 2014; 2 EJC 2015. 1 Russian 2015. He is being compared with Yuriy Borzakovskiy (who is now the Russian Team
Manager)
In 2015: 1 Russian junior indoor; 3 Russian indoor; 3 Russian under-23 indoor; 1 Russian Teams; 4 ETCh; 2 EJC (1 4x400); 1 Russian
22y 104d 1993
1:46.00
1:46.00 -15 NR
Slovenian record holder // 400 pb: 47.37 -14. sf WJC 2010/2012; 7 Youth Olympic Games 1000 2010; 2 EJC 2011; sf ECH 2012 (2014-ht); ht EIC 2013/2015; 3
under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Slovenian 2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2015)
In 2015: 1 Slovenian indoor; 4ht EIC; 1 Sentjur 600; 1 Domzale 400; 1 Bratislava; 1 Salzburg ‘B’; 3 European Clubs Cup 400 (4 800); 1 Celje; 1 Maribor; 3
Velenje; 3 under-23 ECH; 1 Slovenian; 1 Balkan; 6 Szczecin
899
RUDOLF Žan SLO
915
REPČÍK Jozef SVK
917
ALMGREN Andreas SWE
29y
18d 1986
1:45.40
1:44.94 -08 NR
Twice seventh in European Championship finals // 400 pb: 47.23 -08 (47.94 -15). 1 European Youth 2003; sf WJC 2004; 7 EJC 2005; sf ECH 2006; 5 under-23
ECH 2007; ht WCH 2007/2009/2013; 5 WSG 2007; sf WIC 2008; ht OLY 2008; 7 ECH 2012/2014 (2010-ht); sf EIC 2013 (2007-ht). 1 Slovak 2013/2015 (1
indoor 2010/2014/2015). Partner-1.85 high jumper Iveta Srnkova, their daughter Linda born on September 20, 2014
In 2015: 2 Chemnitz; 1 Slovak indoor; 4sf EIC; 7 Hengelo; 6 Ostrava Golden Spike 600; 2 Nitra 400; 5 Huelva; 1 Kladno (6 400); 2 ETCh 3rd League; 5 Sopot;
4 Velenje; 2 Lignano; 1 Slovak (2 400); 3 Copenhagen; 4 Szczecin
20y
70d
1995
1:45.59
1:45.59 -15
Full name-Karl Andreas Almgren
2014 World junior bronze // 400 pb: 48.33 -11 (48.38i -15). sf World Youth 2011; 3 WJC 2014; sf ECH 2014; 4 EIC 2015. 1 Swedish 2014/2015. Coach-Urban
Aruhn
In 2015: 2 Swedish under-23 indoor; 4 EIC; 1 Sollentuna; 1 Boissano; 2 Liège; 5 Heusden; 2 Karlstad; 4 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Swedish
1040
LOXSOM Casimir USA
24y
157d
1991
1:44.92
1:44.92 -15
Second at 2014 US Championships, third in 2015 // 2 WJC 2010; 4 WSG 2011; 3 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012. 2 NCAA indoors & out
2013; 2 US 2014; 1 US indoor 60 2015. Studied Communication, Arts and Science at Pennsylvania State University. Lithuanian heritage
In 2015: 1 US indoor; 1 IAAF Relays 4x800; 1 Eagle Rock Hoka; 7 Ponce; 7 Portland ‘C’; 3 US; 10 London Diamond; 2 Portland
1043
MARTIN Ryan USA
26y
151d
1989
1:45.79
1:44.77 -12
2015 Pan-American Games bronze // 8 WSG 2011; 3 Pan-Am Games 2013; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 4 NCAA 2010/2012 (2011-8); 4 US
Olympic Trial 2012; 5 US 2014/2015. Studied Business Economics and Art History at University of California-Santa Barbara. 1.86 tall
In 2015: 5 Mt SAC Relays; 8 Drake Relays; 3 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational; 1 Eagle Rock Hoka ‘B’; 1 Concord; dnf New York Diamond; 5 US; 9 Catalan; 5
Liège; 3 Pan-Am Games; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean
1048
MURPHY Clayton USA
20y
176d
1995
1:45.59
1:45.59 -15
2015 Pan-American Games Champion // 1500 pb: 3:40.69 -15. 1 Pan-Am Games 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 3 NCAA 2015 indoors &
out; 4 US 2015. Student of Corporate Finance at the University of Akron
He gets the chance to race in Beijing 2015 because the US Champion Nick Symmonds was dropped from the team after he refused to sign a contract from his
federation requiring him to wear only their sponsor’s kit
In 2015: 3 NCAA indoor; 1 Raleigh Relays 5000 ‘C’; 1 Mt SAC Relays 800 ‘B’/1500 ‘B’; 1 Drake Relays; 1 Austin 1500; 1 Muncie Mid-American Conference
800/1500; 3 NCAA; 4 US; 1 Pan-Am Games; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean
1058
SOWINSKI Erik USA
25y
243d
1989
1:44.84
1:44.58 -14
Twice US Indoor Champion // ht WIC 2014. 1 US indoor 2013/2014; 2 US 2015. Lives-Iowa City. Coach-Joey Woody (2 WCH 400H 2003)
In 2015: 4 US indoor; 3 Mt SAC Relays; 1 IAAF Relays 4x800; 3 Beijing Challenge; 6 Birmingham Diamond; 4 Montreuil; 6 Rabat; 2 US; 2 Edmonton Classic; 6
Bellinzona; 8 London Diamond; 5 Stockholm Diamond
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....1:40.91....David Rudisha KEN................... 2012
2.....1:41.11....Wilson Kipketer DEN..................1997
=3...1:41.73....Sebastian Coe GBR................... 1981
.......1:41.73....Nijel Amos BOT..........................2012
5.....1:41.77....Joaquim Cruz BRA.....................1984
6.....1:42.23....Abubaker Kaki SUD................... 2010
7.....1:42.28....Sammy Koskei KEN................... 1984
8.....1:42.34....Wilfred Bungei KEN................... 2002
9.....1:42.37....Mohammed Aman ETH..............2013
10...1:42.47....Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS............ 2001
11...1:42.51....Amel Tuka BIH........................... 2015
1.....1:42.51....Amel Tuka BIH
2.....1:42.66....Nijel Amos BOT
3.....1:42.97....Ayanleh Souleiman DJI
4.....1:43.34....Boris Berian USA
5.....1:43.45....Adam Kszczot POL
=6...1:43.56....Mohamed Aman ETH
.......1:43.56....Robert Biwott KEN
8.....1:43.58....David Rudisha KEN
9.....1:43.60....Ferguson Cheruiyot KEN
10...1:43.72....Marcin Lewandowski POL
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Entrants
NR
QBR
National Record
Qualified by ranking
Starts: Thursday, August 27
Age
156
HATHAT Yassine ALG
QBR
24y
(Days)
22d
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
1991
3:36.54
3:36.54 -15
800 pb: 1:45.79 -15. 4 Mediterranean Games 800 2013; 11 African Champs 1500 2014. 1 Algerian 800 2014
In 2015: 3 Prague Odložil 1500; 8 Rabat 1500; 2 Carquefou 1500; 1 Algiers 800; 4 Kortrijk 800; 2 Algiers 1500
157
KADDAR Salim ALG
21y
271d
1993
3:35.92
3:35.92 -15
27y
113d
1988
3:28.75
3:28.75 -15
1 Algerian 2015 (2014-2)
In 2015: 4 Biskra 3000; 2 Bejaia 3000SC; 1 Algiers; 1 Algerian
159
MAKHLOUFI Taoufik ALG
2012 Olympic Champion at 1500m (when he clocked 25.1 for the 200m section between 1200m & 1400m)
800 pb: 1:43.53 -14 (1:45.17 -15). sf WCH 1500 2009/2011; 1 African Games 800 2011 (3 1500); 1 African Champs 800 2012; 1 OLY 1500 2012. At WXC:
2007-82J. 1 Algerian 800 2010. Born-Souk Ahras ALG, now based in Angers, France where his coach is Philippe Dupont (who also coaches steeplechaser
Mahiedine Mekhissi)
In 2015: 3 Eugene Diamond 800; 1 Tomblaine 1000 (2:13.08 for fourth world all-time); 4 Paris Diamond 1500; 2 Monaco Diamond 1500
QBR
25y 117d 1990
3:36.51
3:31.06 -10 NR
Australian record holder at 1500m // 800 pb: 1:46.04 -10 (1:49.21 -15). Mile pb: 3:52.24 -10 (3:54.88 -15). 3000 pb: 7:49.53 -11. 5 World Youth 1500 2007; 4
WSG 1500 2009; ht WCH 1500 2009; sf OLY 1500 2012; ht COM 1500 2014. 1 Australian 1500 2010 (2015-2). At WXC: 2009-24J. Australian Junior Mountain
Running Champion 2007. Coach-Nic Bideau
In 2015: 2 Waitakere 800; 1 Sydney Classic 1500; 2 Australian 1500; 3 IAAF Relays 4x800/Distance Medley; 6 Eugene Diamond Mile; 9 Oslo Diamond Mile; 8
Székesfehérvár 1500; 10 Heusden 1500; 14 Dublin Morton; 1 Kuortane 3000
174
GREGSON Ryan AUS
181
RISELEY Jeff AUS
QBR
28y
283d
1986
3:36.87
3:32.93 -09
5x Australian Champion at 1500m // 800 pb: 1:44.48 -12 (1:44.99 -15). 1000 pb: 2:16.09 -14. ht WCH 800 2007; ht OLY 1500 2008/2012; sf WCH 1500 2009
(2011-ht); 5 COM 800/1500 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 800 2015. 1 Australian 1500 2009/2011/2012/2014/2015 (1 800 2015). 1.94 tall, he claims to have
high jumped two metres. Coach-Andrew Russell
In 2015: 1 Newcastle 1500; 1 Adelaide 800; 2 Sydney Classic 1500; 2 Melbourne Challenge 800; 1 Australian 800/1500 (the first to win that double since Simon
Doyle 1991); 3 Tomblaine 800; 1 Lignano 800; 3 Karlstad 800; 1 Dublin Morton Mile
225
HANNES Pieter-Jan BEL
22y
294d
1992
3:35.95
3:34.49 -14
2013 European under-23 Champion at 1500m and cross country // 3000 pb: 7:54.06 -13. 800 pb: 1:47.30 -13 (1:49.01 -15). 11 EJC 1500 2011; 1 under-23
ECH 1500 2013; ht WCH 1500 2013; ht ECH 1500 2014. At EXC: 2010-45J, 2011-5J, 2012-24u23, 2013-1u23
In 2015: 12 EIC 3000; 1 Aartselaar 800; 6 Hengelo; 10 Oordegem Putbos 800; 2 Huizingen 800; 3 Oslo Diamond; 7 Rabat ‘B’; 3 ETCh 1st League; 6 Belgian
800; 9 Stockholm Diamond
QBR
35y
34d 1980
3:37.59
3:29.14 -06 NR
TRANSFEREE: Competed from Morocco before July 1, 2002
In Helsinki 2005 became the first man since Peter Snell 1964 to win a global middle distance double gold
Won again at the 2008 Olympics, but in Beijing failed a doping test for EPO and was disqualified until May 2011
800 pb: 1:44.05 -06. 1500 pb: 3:29.14 -06. 5000 pb: 13:10.72 -08. 2 African junior 1500 99; 2 Asian Champs 1500 2002 (2003-2); 1 Asian Games 800/1500
2002; 1 Asian indoor Champs 800/1500 2004; 2 WIC 800 2004; sf OLY 1500 2004 (2008-dq); 1 WCH 800/1500 2005; 3 Asian Games 1500 2006; 2 WCH 1500
2007 (sf 800); 5 WIC 1500 2008; dnf Asian Champs 1500 2013; 2 Asian Games 1500 2014. At WXC: 2005-32 short. Moved to Bahrain in 2002 to get a job as
a Palace Guard in that country’s armed forces; in doing so gained Bahraini citizenship, though he retains his Moroccan passport. 1.74 tall
In 2015: 2 Berne 1500; 3 Ninove 1500; dnf Leuven 1500
288
RAMZI Rashid BRN
291
SEUREI Benson BRN
31y
146d
1984
3:35.14
3:31.61 -12
TRANSFEREE – Kenyan origin, acquired Bahraini citizenship on April 2, 2013 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for Bahrain from April 1, 2014 (even though
he competed for Bahrain at the Arab Championships in 2013)
Full name-Benson Kiplagat Seurei
800 pb: 1:45.67 -12. 10 Kenyan Olympic Trial 1500 2012; 2 Arab Champs 1500 2013; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2014; 4 Asian Games 1500 2014
In 2015: 4 Arab; 8 Doha Diamond 3000; 1 Dakar Challenge 3000; 5 Marseille (3:34.32 but race was under-distance); 3 Montreuil 1000; 3 Huelva; 12 Paris
Diamond; 4 Székesfehérvár; dnf Madrid 3000
302
BRANNEN Nate CAN
32y
347d
1982
3:35.42
3:34.22 -12
2006 Commonwealth silver. 2013 World finalist. 2012 Canadian Olympic Athletics Team Captain
3000 pb: 7:47.90i -06, 7:48.98 -13. Mile pb: 3:52.63 -09. 800 pb: 1:46.00 -02. ht WCH 800 2001; sf COM 800 2002; 2 COM 1500 2006; 6 WCP 1500 2006; sf
OLY 1500 2008/2012; 10 WCH 1500 2013 (2005/2009-sf); ht WIC 1500 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 1500 2015. 1 Canadian 1500
2006/2009/2012/2013/2014/2015. 1 NCAA indoor 800 2003/2004. At WXC: 2001-28J. Born/lives-Cambridge, ON. Father of two. Graduated from the University
of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management and Communications. Coach-Wynn Gmitroski
In 2015: (all 1500) 9 Stanford Jordan; 3 Windsor ON; 6 Greenville; 2 Burnaby; 12 Portland; 5 Canadian; 3 Heusden; 2 Pan-Am Games
318
PHILIBERT-THIBOUTOT Charles CAN
24y
233d
1990
3:34.23
3:34.23 -15
2015 Pan-American Games bronze // Mile pb: 3:54.52 -15. 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 7 Francophone Games 2013; 8 IAAF
Continental Cup 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015. Born/lives-Quebec City. Coach: Félix-Antoine Lapointe
In 2015: 6 Stanford Jordan ‘C’; 1 Windsor; 7 Ostrava 1000; 1 Prague Odložil; 8 Oslo Diamond Mile; 2 Canadian
325
22y
43d 1993
3:37.86
3:37.86 -15 NR
New South American Champion
New Chilean record holder (at both 1500m & 3000m)
3000 pb: 7:53.37 -15. ht World Youth 1500 2009; 3 Ibero-American 1500 2012/2014; 7 WJC 1500 2012; 4 South American Games 1500 2014; 1 South
American 1500 2015; 4 Pan-Am Games 1500 2015 (9 5000)
In 2015: 2 Buenos Aires 3000; 1 Santiago de Chile 1500/10K; 1 Chilean 1500; 1 Oordegem IFAM 1500; 2 Barcelona 1000; 1 Palafrugell 3000; 1 South
American 1500; 2 Bilbao 3000 (Chilean record 7:53.43); 7 Catalan 1500 (Chilean record 3:37.86); 4 Madrid 3000 (Chilean record 7:53.57); 4 Pan-Am Games
1500 (9 5000)
DÍAZ Carlos CHI
27y 182d 1988
3:34.26
3:34.26 -15 NR
2015 European Indoor Champion at 1500m (in front of home crowd) // 3000 pb: 7:51.43 -14. 800 pb: 1:45.12 -1. 400 pb: 47.29 -10. 5000 pb: 14:06.32 -14.
3000SC pb: 8:50.30 -07. 7 World Youth 2000SC 2005; 1 EJC 3000SC 2007; ht OLY 800 2008; 8 ETCh 800 2009; 3 under-23 ECH 1500 2009; 5 ECH 800
2010/2012; 6 ETCh 1500 2011; 2 WIC 800 2012 (2010-5); 5 ECH 800 2012; ht OLY 800 2012; 5 WIC 1500 2014; 1 ETCh 1500 2014 (2 3000); 1 EIC 1500
2015 (2011-5). At EXC: 2005-75J, 2007-42J. His nickname is “Holub” which means Pigeon
In 2015: 1 Czech indoor 800; 1 EIC 1500; 2 Attnang Road Mile; 7 Shanghai Diamond 1500; 4 Ostrava 1000; 4 Eugene Diamond Mile; dnf Prague Odložil 1500;
6 Oslo Diamond Mile; 2 ETCh 1st League 1500; 7 London Diamond Mile; 1 Tábor 800; 2 Stockholm Diamond 1500 (3:34.26 to break the Czech record of Jan
Kubista which had stood since 1983)
391
HOLUŠA Jakub CZE
402
HISS BACHIR Youssouf DJI
QBR
27/28y
1987
3:36.96
3:36.96 -15
3000 pb: 7:48.32i -14, 7:50.96 -13. 5000 pb: 13:28.20 -13 (13:30.11 -15). 800 pb: 1:48.04 -15. 41 World Half Mar 2010; 8 African Games 5000 2013; 3
Francophone Games 5000 2013; ht WIC 3000 2014; 3 Arab 1500 2015 (2013-6)
In 2015: 3 Arab 1500; 2 Oordegem IFAM 1500; 5 Nijmegen 5000; 6 Oordegem Putbos 1500; 16 Lausanne Diamond 5000; 2 Mataró 1500; 1 Ninove 1500; 2
Granollers 800
404
MOUHYADIN Abdi Waiss DJI
19y
48d
1996
3:36.09
3:36.09 -15
2014 World Junior silver // 800 pb: 1:47.53 -15. Mile pb: 3:57.97 -15. 2 WJC 2014
In 2015: 2 Arab; 9 Eugene Diamond Mile ‘B’; 1 Oslo Diamond; 2 Bilbao; 3 Sollentuna; 12 Catalan; 3 Mataró 800; 10 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Granollers
22y 260d 1992
3:30.17
3:29.58 -14 NR
2014 World Indoor Champion. 2014 African Champion. 2013 World 800m bronze
1500 pb: 3:29.58 -14 (3:30.17 -15). Mile pb: 3:47.32 -14 (3:51.10 -15). 5000 pb: 13:17.97 -15. ht World Youth 3000 2009; 6 African Games 1500 2011; 3 WCH
800 2013 (sf 1500); 1 Francophone Games 2013; 1 WIC 2014 (2012-5); 1 African Champs 2014 (2012-2); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. Born-Somalia, came
to Djibouti in 2008. Made extraordinary improvement from 3:42.70 to 3:34.32 to win at 2011 Arab Championships. Coach-Jama Aden
In 2015: 1 Arab 5000; 1 Doha Diamond; 1 Eugene Diamond Mile; 4 Oslo Diamond Mile; 1 Catalan 800; 3 Monaco Diamond 800; 3 London Diamond Mile; 1
Stockholm Diamond 1500
405
SOULEIMAN Ayanleh DJI
428
BUSTOS David ESP
24y
361d
1990
3:35.97
3:34.77 -12
2012 European 1500m bronze // Mile pb: 3:53.40 -13. 800 pb: 1:46.12 -10 (1:48.47 -15). 8 World Youth 1500 2007; ht WJC 1500 2008; 1 EJC 1500 2009; sf
WIC 800 2010; sf ECH 800 2010; 3 under-23 ECH 1500 2011; 3 ECH 1500 2012 (2014-6); ht OLY 1500 2012; 8 EIC 1500 2013; ht WCH 1500 2013. At EXC:
2009-18J. 1 Spanish 1500 2012/2013 & indoors 2013. Coach-José Manuel Abascal (3 OLY 1500 1984 after Coe/Cram)
In 2015: 1 Los Corrales de Buelna 1500; 1 Vigo 800; 7 Huelva 1500; 16 Bilbao 1500; 4 Catalan 1500; 6 Heusden 1500; 1 Gijón 800; 3 Spanish 1500
433
CORRALES Victor José ESP
QBR
26y
162d
1989
3:37.70
3:37.70 -15
2007 European Junior silver at 1500m // 800 pb: 1:47.52 -13 (1:48.12 -15). 3000 pb: 7:57.80 -13 (8:39.81 -15). 2 EJC 1500 2007. At WXC: 2008-76J. At EXC:
2007-49J, 2008-55J, 2010-27u23. 1 Spanish junior XC 2008
In 2015: 1 Castellón 3000; 13 Huelva; 11 Bilbao; 19 Catalan; 3 Madrid 800 ‘B’; 4 Spanish
441
MECHAAL Adel ESP
QBR
24y
259d
1990
3:36.66
3:36.66 -15
Born-Morocco, gained Spanish citizenship in February 2013 // 3000 pb: 7:46.92i, 8:13.67 -13. 5000 pb: 14:10.59 -15. 5 ETCh 1500 2013 (2015-6); ht WIC 1500
2014; ht ECH 1500 2014; 6 EIC 3000 2015 1 Spanish 1500/5000 2015, 1 indoor 1500/3000 2015. At WXC: 2015-68
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor 1500/3000; 6 EIC 3000; 8 Spanish XC; 68 WXC; 1 Barcelona Road Mile; 12 Marseille; 2 Huelva; 9 Rabat ‘B’; 6 ETCh; 2 Catalan; 2
Madrid 3000; 13 Mataró; 1 Gijón 3000; 1 Spanish 1500/5000
463
GEBREMEDHIN Mekonnen ETH
26y
313d
1988
3:35.67
3:31.45 -12
Full name-Mekonnen Gebremedhin Woldegiorgis
Seventh at the past two World Championships, sixth at London 2012
3000 pb: 7:41.42 -11. Mile pb: 3:49.70 -11 (3:51.59 -14). 800 pb: 1:46.63 -12. ht World Youth 800 2003; sf WJC 800 2006; 3 African Champs 2010 (2014-4); 2
IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 7 WCH 2011/2013 (2007-sf, 2009-ht); 3 WIC 2012 (2008-6, 2010-4, 2014-ht); 6 OLY 2012 (was in bronze medal position entering
the homestraight)
In 2015: 11 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Hengelo; 4 Heusden
476
WOLDE Dawit ETH
24y
94d
1991
3:35.87
3:33.82 -12
31y
124d
1984
3:30.29
3:29.91 -14 NR
5000 pb: 13:17.04 -14 (13:32.71 -15). 3 World Youth 2007; 2 African junior 2007; ht OLY 2012
In 2015: 7 Ostrava Golden Spike 5000; 9 Nijmegen; 6 Liège ‘B’; 5 Heusden
477
WOTE Aman ETH
(Wote pronounced “Woe - tay”)
Ethiopian record holder at both 1500m & One Mile
Mile pb: 3:48.60 -14 (3:57.34 -15) . 800 pb: 1:44.99 -13. 7 African Champs 2010; 5 African Games 2011; ht OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013; 2 WIC 2014 (2012-4)
In 2015: 13 Eugene Diamond Mile; 7 Marseille; 5 Montreuil 800; 9 Paris Diamond; 8 Monaco Diamond
486
AMDOUNI Mourad FRA
27y
212d
1988
3:34.05
3:34.05 -15
2015 European Teams Champion at 5000m // 5000 pb: 13:14.19 -09 (14:04.63 -15). 3000 pb: 7:37.50 -09. ht WJC 1500 2006; 1 EJC 5000 2007; dnf ETCh
3000 2009; ht WCH 5000 2009; 1 ETCh 5000 2015. 1 French 1500 2015. At WXC: 2007-38J (first European), 2009-62. At EXC: 2006-12J, 2007-1J, 2008
-8u23, 2010-5. Born-Porto-Vecchio (Corsica). In May 2009 he clocked his best 5000m of 13:14.19 but the following month at the first European Team
Championships in Leiria, he was forced to drop out of the 3000m as he was in last place with four laps remaining
In 2015: 1 Rehlingen 1500; dnf Oordegem Putbos 1500 ‘B’; 1 Montreuil 1500; 5 Rabat 1500 ‘B’; 1 ETCh 5000; 13 Paris Diamond 1500; 1 French 1500; 11
Monaco Diamond 1500
531
GRICE Charlie GBR
21y
287d
1993
3:35.29
3:35.29 -15
2015 UK Champion at 1500m indoors & out. 2010 Youth Olympic bronze at 1000m
800 pb: 1:47.00 -14 (1:47.50 -15). 3 Youth Olympic Games 1000 2010; 10 EJC 1500 2011; ht WJC 1500 2012; 2 ETCh 1500 2013 (2014-5); 2 under-23 ECH
1500 2013; 7 COM 1500 2014; 12 ECH 1500 2014 (fell); 5 EIC 1500 2105. 1 UK 1500 2014/2015 & indoor 1500 2015. At EXC: 2012-9J (team bronze). 1
English Schools 1500 2011. Coach-Jon Bigg
In 2015: 1 UK indoor 1500; 5 EIC 1500; 8 Eugene Diamond Mile ‘B’; 5 Birmingham Diamond 1500; 1 Watford BMC 800; 1 English under-23 800; 1 UK 1500; 2
Heusden 1500; 4 London Diamond Mile
536
O’HARE Chris GBR
24y
271d
1990
3:34.83
3:34.83 -15
European Championship bronzes indoors & out // 5000 pb: 13:42.00 -15. At EXC: 2008-28J. 8 Commonwealth Youth Games 1500 2008; 12 WCH 1500 2013;
ht WIC 1500 2014; 6 COM 1500 2014; 3 ECH 1500 2014. 1 UK 1500 2013; 1 NCAA indoor Mile 2012. Studied Exercise Science at the University of Tulsa, now
based in Boston, training under Terence McMahon at the facilities of Harvard University
In 2015: 10 ‘Great’ Edinburgh short course XC; 3 EIC; 14 Stanford Invitational 5000; 2 Boston Road Mile; 1 Lowell MA; 2 UK; 3 Kortrijk; 1 Heusden ‘B’; 10
London Diamond Mile; On October 10, 2015 he is due to marry his American fiancé and tennis coach Meredith Burns
645
AL-SHARAFAT Awwad JOR
21y
239d
1993
3:57.71
3:57.71 -15
5000 pb: 15:03.52 -15. ht WSG 1500/5000 2015. Student of Sport coaching and Management at Hashemite University in Zarqa
In 2015: 5ht WSG 1500; 12ht WSG 5000
681
CHERUIYOT Timothy KEN
19y
274d
1995
3:34.86
3:34.86 -15
800 pb: 1:45.92 -14. 1500 pb: 3:36.3 -15. 3 Kenyan junior 800 2014
In 2015: 2 Nairobi (Mar 14); 4 Nairobi (Mar 21); 1 Nakuru; 2 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 1 Eldoret; 3 Eugene Diamond ‘B’; 3 Rabat; 1 Kenyan Prisons; 2
Kenyan; 5 Kenyan World Championship Trial
686
KIPLAGAT Silas KEN
26y
1d
1989
3:30.12
3:27.64 -14
2010 Commonwealth Games Champion, now fourth on the world all-time list
Mile pb: 3:47.88 -14 (3:51.72 -15). 800 pb: 1:44.8 -12 (1:46.75 -15). 3000 pb: 7:39.94 -10. 10K pb: 28:00 -09. 4 African Champs 2010; 1 COM 2010; 2 WCH
2011 (2013-6); 6 WIC 2012 (2014-ht); 7 OLY 2012. 1 Kenyan 2011 (2010-2). He did not run at all when in high school and started training seriously as a runner
in 2008. Coach-Moses Kiptanui
He won the 2014 Diamond Race following victories in Rome, Glasgow & Monaco (& 2nd in Doha/Eugene/Lausanne/Brussels)
In 2015: 17 ‘Great’ Edinburgh short course XC; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Eugene Diamond; 4 Eugene Diamond; 2 Oslo Diamond Mile; 2 Rabat; 1 Kenyan
Prisons; 1 Paris Diamond; 2 Székesfehérvár; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial
687
KIPROP Asbel KEN
26y
52d
1989
3:26.69
3:26.69 -15
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Full name-Asbel Kiprop Kebenei
Twice World Champion at 1500m. 2008 Olympic gold, but last in London 2012 when he was nursing a hamstring injury
800 pb: 1:43.15 -11 (1:44.4 -15). 1 African Games 1500 2007; 1 OLY 1500 2008 (2012-12); sf WCH 800 2009; 1 African Champs 1500 2010 (2014-2); 2 IAAF
Continental Cup 1500 2014 (2010-6); 1 WCH 1500 2011/2013 (2007/2009-4); 1 IAAF Relays 4x1500 2014 (world record). 1 Kenyan 1500 2007/2010. Son
Emmanuel born July 8, 2009. Asbel is 1.91 (6-3) tall
In 2015: 4 ‘Great’ Edinburgh short course XC; 1 Nairobi 800; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike 1000; 3 Eugene Diamond Mile; 1 Oslo Diamond Mile (Dream Mile); 1
Kenyan 800; 1 Monaco Diamond (3:26.69, the world’s fastest since 2001 – “I’m very satisfied, but can admit I wanted a bit faster time”); 1 London Diamond Mile
(Emsley Carr Mile)
696
MANANGOI Elijah KEN
22y
228d
1993
3:29.67
3:29.67 -15
Full name-Elijah Motonei Manangoi
Much improved (from 3:35 to 3:29) since he finished last in the Commonwealth Games final in 2014 (an race in which his compatriots were 1-2)
400 pb 46.5 -13. 12 COM 2014. 1 Kenyan 2015
In 2015: 1 Turku; 1 Tomblaine; 1 Kenyan; 6 Monaco Diamond; 3 Kenyan World Championship Trial
731
BENSGHIR Yassine MAR
32y
230d
1983
3:34.29
3:33.04 -07
Former World Junior Champion at 1500m. World Championship 1500m finalist in 2005
800 pb: 1:45.89 -05. 1 WJC 1500 2002; 3 African Champs 1500 2004; 12 WCH 1500 2005; 8 WIC 1500 2006; sf WCH 800 2007; ht OLY 800 2008; 2
Mediterranean Games 1500 2013; 6 African Champs 1500 2014. At WXC: 2002-45J. 12 Great North Mile 2007
In 2015: 3 French short course XC; 1 Rabat 1500; 2 Tomblaine 1500
735
EL KAAM Fouad MAR
27y
85d
1988
3:34.53
3:33.71 -13
7 World Youth 2005; 6 WJC 2008; 2 Francophone Games 2009 (2013-3); 7 African Champs 2012 (2014-9); 5 Mediterranean Games 2013
In 2015: 4 Metz 1000; 1 Arab; 2 Marseille; 4 Montreuil; 4 Rabat ‘B’; 1 Sollentuna; 1 Heusden; 4 Stockholm Diamond
738
IGUIDER Abdelaati MAR
28y
149d
1987
3:28.79
3:28.79 -15
2012 Olympic bronze at 1500m, Morocco’s only medal at London 2012 across all sports
Mile pb: 3:49.09 -14 (3:53.21 -15). 5000 pb: 13:09.17 -12 (13:25.09 -15). 3000 pb: 7:41.95 -07. 800 pb: 1:47.13 -15. 1 WJC 2004 (2006-2); 5 WCH 1500 2011
(2007-ht, 2009/2013-sf); 1 WIC 1500 2012 (2010-2, 2014-3); 3 OLY 1500 2012 (2008-5); 6 OLY 5000 2012. At WXC: 2005-30J
In 2015: 9 Eugene Diamond Mile; 1 Marseille 1500; 1 Montreuil 1000; 2 Rabat 1500 ‘B’; 5 Tomblaine 800; 6 Paris Diamond 1500; 10 Lausanne Diamond 5000;
3 Monaco Diamond 1500
758
RODRIGUEZ Erick NCA
25y
81d
1990
3:54.23
3:53.27 -14
1 Central American 3000SC 2014 (2 1500); 7 Central American & Caribbean Games 1500/3000SC 2014; 1 Central American 3000SC 2015 (2 1500); 11 PanAm Games 3000SC 2015
In 2015: 1 Central American (2 1500); 11 Pan-Am Games
24y 178d 1991
3:32.85
3:31.46 -14 NR
2012 European Champion & silver in 2014 // 3000 pb: 7:42.19 -13 (7:46.59 -15). Mile pb: 3:50.72 -14 (3:53.43 -15). 5000 pb: 13:27.10 -15. 6 ETCh 2010; 1
ECH 2012 (when he managed to avoid several collisions in the closing stages to move from seventh to first in the last 150m); 5 OLY 2012; 1 under-23 ECH
5000 2013; 8 WCH 2013; 2 ECH 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 3 EIC 3000 2015 (2013-11); 6 EIC 1500 2015. 1 Norwegian 1500 2014/2015. At EXC:
2008-23J, 2009-12J, 2012-1u23. His younger brothers Filip and Jakob are prodigious 1500m runners
In 2015: 3 EIC 3000 (6 1500); 11 Stanford Jordan 5000; 12 Doha Diamond 3000; 4 Hamar 800; 10 Eugene Diamond Mile; 1 Stjørdal 800; 7 Oslo Diamond Mile;
11 Paris Diamond 1500; 14 Monaco Diamond 1500; 6 London Diamond Mile; 7 Stockholm Diamond 1500; 1 Norwegian 5000
776
INGEBRIGTSEN Henrik NOR
781
MATTHEWS Julian NZL
QBR
27y
30d
1988
3:37.37
3:37.37 -15
Mile pb: 3:57.94 -15. 3000 pb 8:17.25 -13 (8:19.63 -15). 9 COM 2014. 12 NCAA 2011; 2 New Zealand 2014. Was at Providence College (Rhode Island)
In 2015: 1 Wellington (Jan 10); 10 Wellington 3000 (Jan 23); dnf Waitakere 5000; 2 New Zealand; 4 Stanford Jordan ‘B’; 2 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational 800 ‘B’;
5 Eagle Rock Hoka; dnf Eugene Diamond ‘B’; 4 Concord Mile; 1 City of London Road Mile; 4 Sopot; 3 Lignano; 10 Kortrijk; 9 Heusden ‘B’; 5 Dublin Morton Mile;
8 Ninove; 2 Oordegem
32y 118d 1983
3:29.66
3:29.66 -15 NR
2008 Olympic silver at 1500m. He replaced the legendary John Walker as New Zealand record holder at 1500m (though not yet the mile)
3000 pb: 7:36.91 -14. 5000 pb: 13:20.33 -14 (13:22.11 -15). 800 pb: 1:45.54 -04. 4 WJC 1500 2002; 1 COM 1500 2006 (2010/2014-3); 3 WCP 2006; 10 WCH
2007 (2005/2013-sf, 2011-12); dq WIC 1500 2008/2014 (he ran inside the kerb of the track both times); 2 OLY 2008 (2004-sf, 2012-9); 10 COM 5000 2014; 4
IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014 (6 1500). 1 NCAA indoor 2005. 1 New Zealand 5000 2011/2012. At WXC: 2003-91 short, 2004-42 short. Economics Graduate
from University of Michigan
In 2015: 1 Waitakere 5000; 1 New Zealand 1500; 2 New York Diamond 5000; 1 Lignano 1500; 5 Monaco Diamond 1500
783
WILLIS Nick NZL
818
GOMES Hélio POR
QBR
30y
236d
1984
3:37.75
3:37.50 -13
Fourth at 2012 European Championships // 3000 pb: 8:07.72i, 8:12.88 -15. 10 WSG 2009; ht EIC 2011; 4 ECH 2012; 6 EIC 2013. 1 Portuguese
2005/2008/2010/2011 (1 indoors 2011/2012)
In 2015: 1 Portuguese indoor 3000 (3 1500); 3 Pavia; 5 Oordegem IFAM; 2 European Clubs Cup 3000; 4 ETCh 1st League 3000; 2 Kortrijk ‘B’; 4 Mataró; 16
Ninove
824
AL-GARNI Mohamed QAT
23y
50d
1992
3:35.78
3:34.61 -11
Winner of three successive “doubles” at Asian Games or Championships
5000 pb: 13:26.13 -14 (13:34.47 -15). 3000 pb: 7:46.17i -12. 800 pb: 1:46.63 -12. 5 World Youth 2009; ht WCH 2009/2013; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 2010; 3
WJC 2010 (7 800); 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2012 (2 3000); sf OLY 2012; 2 Asian Champs 2013; 1 Asian Indoor Champs 1500/3000 2014; 1 Asian Games
1500/5000 2014; Asian Champs 1500/5000 2015
In 2015: 1 Asian Champs 1500/5000; 1 Huelva; 1 Rabat ‘B’; 2 Sollentuna
840
33y 130d 1982
3:36.34
3:31.93 -13 NR
South African record holder. Surprise World Championship bronze at Moscow 2013
Mile pb: 3:50.70 -14 (3:53.02 -15). 800 pb: 1:45.64 -13 (1:51.22 -14). 5 World Youth 99; 5 WJC 2000; 5 African Champs 2004/2012 (2006-6, 2010-9, 2014-7); sf
OLY 2004; 4 WSG 2005 (2001-6); 3 WCH 2013 (2005-sf, 2009-ht); 4 COM 2014. 1 South African 2002/2004/2008/2009/2012/2013/2015. Parents Danie and
Sarina Cronje were both international runners
In 2015: 1 South African; 7 Hengelo; 8 Eugene Diamond Mile; 10 Oslo Diamond Mile; 6 Rabat ‘B’; 9 Liège 800; 9 Heusden
CRONJE Johan RSA
843
HLASELO Dumisani RSA
QBR
26y
74d
1989
3:36.36
3:36.36 -15
Full name-Andries Dumisane Hlaselo
Twice seventh at World Student Games
800 pb: 1:48.31 -08 (1:50.3 -15). 5 World Youth 2005; 10 WJC 2008; 7 WSG 2013/2015. 5 NCAA 2011; 1 South African Universities 2015. Was at the
University of Florida, now a student of Sports Science at Bloemfontein’s University of the Free State
In 2015: 1 Sasolburg; 2 Pretoria 800; 1 Pretoria (2 800); 2 South African; 1 South African Universities; 5 Huelva; 5 Bilbao; 9 Sopot; 6 Tomblaine; 7 WSG
Ilham Tanui TUR
25y 169d 1990
3:32.68
3:31.30 -13 NR
TRANSFEREE – Formerly: William Biwott Tanui KEN
Became a Turkish citizen on June 9, 2011 and under IAAF competition ruling, was not due to to be eligible to compete for Turkey until June 2013. On February
27, 2012 the IAAF Council agreed to end the waiting period for him (and Polat Kemboi Arikan), enabling them to enter him for the World Indoor Championships
in Istanbul where he won silver
800 pb: 1:44.00 -13 (1:46.14 -15). 2 WIC 2012 (2014-4); 6 ECH 2012 (2014-ht); 8 OLY 2012; 2 EIC 2013/2015; 1 ETCh 2013 (2 800); 1 Mediterranean Games
800/1500 2013; sf WCH 2013; 6 ETCh 2014 (12 800). When he won the 1500m at the European Team Championships in Gateshead 2013, he started with a
53.72 first lap and then hung on to win after his last lap took 63.92!
In 2015: 2 EIC 1500; 1 Mersin 800/1500; 1 European Clubs Cup 1500 (2 800); 3 Marseille; 2 Montreuil; 1 ETCh 1st League 800/1500; 10 Paris Diamond; 3
Stockholm Diamond
961
ÖZBILEN
971
MUSAGALA Ronald UGA
991
ANDREWS Robby USA
22y 247d 1992
3:35.02
3:35.02 -15 NR
2014 Commonweath Games finalist at both 800m & 1500m // 800 pb: 1:45.27 -14 (1:46.74 -15). sf WCH 800 2013; 8 COM 800 2014 (11 1500). 2 Ugandan 800
2013
In 2015: 3 Kawasaki 800; 8 Shanghai Diamond 1500; 2 Hengelo 1500; 1 Nijmegen 5000
24y
145d
1991
3:35.52
3:34.78 -12
2015 US Indoor Champion at 1000m // 800 pb: 1:44.71 -11 (1:45.98 -15). Mile pb: 3:57.15 -15. 3 WJC 800 2010; 1 IAAF Relays 4x800 2015. 1 NCAA 800 2011
& indoor 800 2010. 2 US indoor 800 2014. Attended the University of Virginia
In 2015: 1 US indoor 1000; 1 Princeton 800; 1 IAAF Relays 4x800; 1 Concord Mile; 6 New York Diamond 800; 2 US 1500; 1 Portland 1500; 3 Dublin Morton
800; 5 Stockholm Diamond 1500; 1 Raleigh Mile
995
BLANKENSHIP Ben USA
26y
248d
1988
3:35.48
3:35.48 -15
Anchored USA to a world record in the Distance Medley at 2015 IAAF Relays, running 1600m in 3:51.24 to overtake Kenya
3:35.28i -15. Mile pb: 3:53.13i -15, 3:54.10 -11 (3:55.48 -15). 3000 pb: 7:38.08 -15. 2 NCAA indoor 3000 2011; 2 US indoor Mile & 2M 2015. Trademark long
hair, headband and beard: “I tend to be a little bit different”, he says. He has tattoos of a lily, a hummingbird and a black bear
In 2015: 2 US indoor 2M; 2 US indoor Mile/2M; 1 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 4 Shanghai Diamond 1500; 1 Eugene Diamond Mile ‘B’; 3 Portland 800; 4 US
1500; 7 Lucerne 3000; 6 Monaco Diamond 3000; 5 London Diamond Mile
1002
CENTROWITZ Matthew USA
25y
307d
1989
3:30.40
3:30.40 -15
Medals at the last two World Championship 1500s and fourth at London 2012
Mile pb: 3:50.53 -14 (3:51.20 -15). 800 pb: 1:44.62 -15. 5000 pb: 13:20.06 -14. 1 Pan-American junior 1500 2007; 11 WJC 5000 2008; 7 WIC 1500 2012; 4 OLY
1500 2012; 2 WCH 1500 2013 (2011-3). 1 US 1500 2011/2015 (1 indoor Mile 2015); 1 NCAA 1500 2011. His father-Matt Centrowitz was 1979 Pan-American
Games Champion at 5000m. His sister Lauren is also an international middle distance runner. He is now part of Alberto Salazar’s “Oregon Distance Project” in
Portland
In 2015: 1 US indoor Mile; 1 Des Moines Road Mile; 2 Drake Relays Mile; 1 Eugene Twilight 800; 2 Eagle Rock Hoka 800; 2 Eugene Diamond Mile; 4 New York
Diamond 800; 1 US 1500; 9 Lausanne Diamond 800; 10 Monaco Diamond; 2 London Diamond Mile; 11 Stockholm Diamond 1500
1042
MANZANO Leonel USA
30y
342d
1984
3:36.16
3:30.98 -14
2012 Olympic silver after passing eight men on the last lap (which he covered in 52.8, the same time as the winner Taoufik Makhloufi)
800 pb: 1:44.56 -10 (1:45.24 -15). Mile pb: 3:50.64 -10 (3:53.55 -15). 12 WCH 1500 2009 (2007-ht, 2011/2013-sf); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010; 2 OLY
1500 2012 (2008-sf). 1 US 1500 2012/2014. 1 NCAA 1500 2005/2008. 1 NCAA indoor mile 2007/2008. Born-Mexico (Doleres Hidalgo), when he was four his
family moved to Texas. He collects 10 cent coins. Coaches-John Cook & Ryan Ponsonby
In 2015: 6 US indoor Mile; 1 Texas Relays 800; 2 Des Moines Road Mile; 1 Drake Relays Mile; 1 Eagle Rock Hoka 1500; 11 Eugene Diamond Mile; 5 New
York Diamond 800; 3 US 1500; 11 London Diamond 1500; 8 London Diamond Mile; 10 Stockholm Diamond 800
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....3:26.00....Hicham El Guerrouj MAR.......... 1998
2.....3:26.34....Bernard Lagat KEN.................... 2001
3.....3:26.69....Asbel Kiprop KEN...................... 2015
4.....3:27.37....Noureddine Morceli ALG............1995
5.....3:27.64....Silas Kiplagat KEN..................... 2014
6.....3:28.12....Noah Ngeny KEN....................... 2000
7.....3:28.75....Taoufik Makhloufi ALG............... 2015
8.....3:28.79....Abdelaati Iguider MAR............... 2015
=9...3:28.81....Mohamed Farah......................... 2013
.......3:28.81....Ronald Kwemoi KEN..................2014
1.....3:26.69....Asbel Kiprop KEN
2.....3:28.75....Taoufik Makhloufi ALG
3.....3:28.79....Abdelaati Iguider MAR
4.....3:28.93....Mohamed Farah GBR
5.....3:29.66....Nick Willis NZL
6.....3:29.67....Elijah Manangoi KEN
7.....3:30.10....Robert Biwott KEN
8.....3:30.12....Silas Kiplagat KEN
9.....3:30.17....Ayanleh Souleiman DJI
10...3:30.29....Aman Wote ETH
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173
BIRMINGHAM Collis AUS
30y
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
236d
1984
13:17.49
13:09.57 -12
Eighth at 2013 World Cross Country Championships // Half Mar pb: 60:56 -13. 10,000 pb: 27:29.73 -09. 3000 pb: 7:35.45 -12 (7:39.85 -15). 1500 pb:
3:35.50 -10. ht OLY 5000 2008/2012; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 5000 2010; 6 COM 5000 2010 (9 10,000); 24 WCH 10,000 2013 (2009-dnf, 2011-ht); 10 WIC
3000 2014; 12 COM 5000 2014. 1 Australian 5000 2009/2014; 1 Scottish 1500 2007/2008/2009. At WXC: 2003-83J, 2007-67, 2008-73, 2009-29, 2010-81,
2013-8. Coach-Nic Bideau
In 2015: 4 Australian 1500; 3 IAAF Relays Distance Medley; 8 Eugene Diamond 5000; 7 Birmingham Diamond 5000; 2 London Road Mile; 2 Lignano 3000; 4
Lucerne 3000; 5 London Diamond 3000
182
ROBINSON Brett AUS
24y
105d
1991
13:21.23
13:18.96 -13
2013 World 5000m finalist // 10,000 pb: 28:45.39 -12. 3000 pb: 7:45.97 -15. 1500 pb: 3:38.94 -12. 8 WJC 1500 2010; 15 WCH 5000 2013. At WXC: 2009-46J,
2013-29, 2015-28. Training partner of Collis Birmingham
In 2015: 1 Hobart 5000; 9 Australian World Cross Trial XC; 3 Waitakere 5000; 1 Melbourne Challenge 5000; 28 WXC; 13 Ostrava 5000; 5 Birmingham
Diamond 5000; 1 Cork City 3000; 5 Lucerne 3000; 12 London Diamond 3000
188
IBRAHIMOV Hayle AZE
25y
215d
1990
13:22.11
13:09.17 -14 NR
TRANSFEREE – Formerly Haile Desta Hagos ETH
2013 European indoor 3000m Champion. 2014 European 5000m silver & 2010 bronze. Twice World Student Games Champion at 5000m
3000 pb: 7:34.57 -13 (7:54.14 -15). 1 EJC 5000/10,000 2009; ht WIC 3000 2010; 3 ECH 5000 2010 (2012-6); dnf under-23 ECH 5000 2011; 9 OLY 5000 2012;
1 WSG 5000 2013/2015; 1 EIC 3000 2013 (2011-2); 6 WIC 3000 2014 (2012-ht); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014. At EXC: 2012-8u23
In 2015: 2 Ostrava 5000; 1 ETCh 3rd League 1500/3000/5000; 1 WSG 5000; 2 Ninove 5000
214
ABDI Bashir BEL
26y
192d
1989
13:06.10
13:06.10 -15
Fourth in 2012 European 10,000m, fifth in 2014. Born-Mogadishu (SOM)
10,000 pb: 27:47.55 -15. 3000 pb: 7:40.44 -15. 1500 pb: 3:36.55 -14 (3:41.10 -15). 10,000 pb: 27:36.40 -14 (27:47.55 -15). 4 ECH 10,000 2012 (8 5000); 23
WCH 10,000 2013; 5 ECH 10,000 2014 (16 5000). At EXC: 2010-41u23, 2013-8 (team silver)
In 2015: 1 Zandvoort 12K; 6 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 2 San Francisco 12K; 3 Oordegem IFAM 1500; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike 5000; 9 Birmingham Diamond; 5
Huelva 5000; dnf Leiden 10,000; 1 ETCh 1st League 5000; 2 Heusden 5000; 6 London Diamond 3000
281
AYALEW Aweke BRN
22y
179d
1993
13:19.80
13:05.00 -13
TRANSFEREE – Ethiopian origin. Acquired Bahraini citizenship on February 13, 2013, cleared by IAAF to compete for Bahrain from February 12, 2014
Full name-Aweke Ayalew Yimer
2014 Asian Cross Country Champion
Half Mar pb: 63:01 -14. 3000 pb: 7:49.09 -14. 1 Asian XC 2014; 50 World Half Mar 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014. At WXC: 2015-10
In 2015: 10 WXC; 3 Arab 5000; 11 Rome Diamond 5000; 7 Lausanne Diamond 5000
23y
34d 1992
13:06.74
12:51.96 -13 NR
TRANSFEREE – Kenyan origin. Gained Bahraini citizenship in April 2013 and cleared by the IAAF to represent Bahrain in international competition from April 1,
2014
Full name-Albert Kibichii Rop.
3000 pb: 7:35.53 -13 (7:46.36 -15). 1 Arab Champs 5000 2013 (2015-2); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 5000 2014; 3 Asian Games 5000 2014. At WXC: 2015-11.
Had not raced outside of Kenya before 2011 and helped pace the Brussels 10,000 in 2012
In 2015: 11 WXC; 2 Arab 5000; 11 Doha Diamond 3000; 5 Eugene Diamond 5000; 2 Asian Champs 5000; 4 Heusden 5000
289
ROP Albert BRN
300
AHMED Mohammed CAN
24y
228d
1991
13:20.67
13:18.88 -14
2015 Pan-American Games Champion at 10,000m // 10,000 pb: 27:34.62 -12. 1 Pan-Am junior 5000 2009; 4 WJC 10,000 2010 (2008-9); 18 OLY 10,000 2012;
9 WCH 10,000 2013; 5 COM 5000 2014 (6 10,000); 1 Pan-Am Games 10,000 2015. At WXC: 2008-51J, 2009-57J, 2010-27J, 2013-22. 1 Canadian 10,000
2012/2012. Born-Somalia, moved to Canada at age 11. They call him ‘Mospeed’. Coach-Jerry Schumacher
In 2015: 7 San Giorgio su Legnano XC; 4 Stanford Invitational 5000; 5 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 11 Eugene Diamond 5000; 1 Portland 1500 ‘C’; 2 Canadian
5000; 1 Pan-Am Games 10,000
314
LEVINS Cam CAN
26y
146d
1989
13:20.68
13:15.19 -13
2014 Commonwealth Games bronze at 10,000m // 10,000 pb: 27:07.51 -15. 1500 pb: 3:36.88 -13 (3:54.12 -15). 1 North/Central American & Caribbean XC
2012; 11 OLY 10,000 2012 (14 5000); 3 COM 10,000 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games 5000 2015. At WXC: 2011-55, 2013-41. 1 NCAA 5000/10,000 2012. 1 Canadian
XC 2010/2011/2013 & 5000 2012/2013/2014. In 2012 he became the first ever student from Southern Utah University to win a US Collegiate title. Graduated
from that university in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. Coach-Alberto Salazar
In 2015: 4 Eugene Diamond 10,000 Canadian record 27:07.51); 1 Portland 5000; 1 Canadian 5000 (6 1500); 5 Pan-Am Games 5000
324
ARAVENA Vítor CHI
25y
197d
1990
13:46.94
13:46.94 -15
Full name-Victor Pincheira Aravena
2015 Pan-American Games bronze at 5000m
10 World Youth 3000 2007; dnf WJC 10,000 2008; 10 WSG 5000 2011; 1 South American under-23 5000 5000/10,000 2012; 1 South American Games 5000
2014; 3 Pan-Am Games 5000 2015. At WXC: 2009-97J
In 2015: 7 Laredo 10K; 2 Chilean 5000; 1 South American 5000; 3 Pan-Am Games 5000
329
DUO Bujie CHN
21y
186d
1994
13:55.58
13:55.58 -15
10,000 pb: 29:36.42 -14. 12 Asian Games 5000 2014; 5 Asian Champs 5000 2015. At WXC: 2015-80. 3 Chinese 10,000 2014 (7 5000). 1 Chinese junior XC
2012. From-Tibetan region
In 2015: 80 WXC; 5 Jinan 5000 (8 10,000); 5 Asian Champs 5000; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final 5000 ‘B’/10,000 ‘B’
421
KIFLE Aron ERI
17y
182d
1998
13:17.62
13:17.62 -15
13:14.00
13:14.00 -15
Junior team bronze at 2015 World Cross Country Championships (though he is officially a youth to the end of 2015)
10,000 pb: 28:18.44 -15. At WXC: 2015-19J
In 2015: 1 Eritrean junior XC; 19 WXC-j; 3 Catalan 5000; 6 San Sebastián 10,000
424
OSMAN Abrar ERI
21y
232d
1994
Full name-Abrar Osman Adem
2010 Youth Olympic Champion at 3000m // 10,000 pb: 27:41.69 -15. 3000 pb: 7:39.70 -13 (7:44.59 -15). 1 Youth Olympic Games 3000 2010; 3 World Youth
3000 2001; 2 WJC 5000 2012; ht OLY 5000 2012; 3 African Champs 5000 2014; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014. At WXC: 2013-18, 2015-13. 9 African XC
2014
In 2015: 1 Eritrean XC; 13 WXC; 9 Doha Diamond 3000; 1 Leiden 10,000; 1 Bottrop 5000
28y 333d 1986
13:16.98
12:57.25 -10 NR
Former European Cross Country Champion. Spanish record holder at 5000m
10,000 pb: 28:12.85 -14. 5000 pb: 12:57.25 -10. 3000 pb: 7:45.98 -05. 11 OLY 5000 2008; ht WCH 5000 2009; 2 ETCh 5000 2010; 7 ECH 5000 2010. At WXC:
2009-31, 2010-14. At EXC: 2008-7, 2009-1 (beat Mo Farah), 2013-1, 2014-3. Born-Ethiopia, moved to Spain in 2004 “because it looked attractive on television”.
Became a Spanish citizen on July 25, 2008 and immediately cleared to compete for Spain because he never competed for Ethiopia. Served two-year doping
ban 2011-2013 as a result of “Operation Galgo” (he had been cleared by the Spanish Athletics Federation, but then Spain’s Sports Disciplinary Committee
overruled that decision and that was confirmed by the IAAF)
In 2015: 20 ‘Great’ Edinburgh XC; 2 Huesca XC; 5 ECP 10,000; 4 Huelva 5000; 14 Heusden 5000; 4 Spanish 5000
427
BEZABEH Alemayehu ESP
434
ESPAÑA Jesús ESP
37y today
1978
13:22.92
13:04.73 -11
Full name-Jesús España Cobo
2006 European Champion at 5000m & silver in 2010
3000 pb: 7:38.26 -06 (7:46.53 -15).10,000 pb: 28:26.27. 4 WIC 3000 2003; 2 ECP 5000 2003; 1 ECP 3000 2005; 1 ECH 5000 2006 (2002-11, 2010-2, 2012-20,
2014-11); 6 WCP 3000 2006; 3 EIC 3000 2002/2007/2009 (2015-4); 7 WCH 5000 2007 (2005-dq ht, 2009-10, 2011-12); 14 OLY 5000 2008; 1 ETCh 3000
2009/2010 & 5000 2011/2015 (2 5000 2014/2015); 6 WIC 3000 2010. 1 Spanish 5000 2010. At WXC: 2001-111 short, 2003-58 short. At EXC: 2010-9
In 2015: 2 Spanish indoor 3000; 4 EIC 3000; 13 Rome Diamond 5000; 6 Huelva; 2 ETCh 5000; 10 Monaco Diamond 3000; 3 Spanish 5000
435
FIFA Ilias ESP
26y
97d
1989
13:05.61
13:05.61 -15
Formerly-Moroccan, has lived in Spain since 2006, acquired Spanish citizenship on July 22, 2015 and cleared by IAAF to compete for Spain from July 30, 2015
3000 pb: 7:49.13 -14 (7:51.16 -15) 1 Catalan 5000 2013; 1 Spanish XC 2015. Born-Tangier, he smuggled himself into Spain by hiding under a truck
In 2015: 2 Spanish Clubs indoor 3000; 1 Spanish XC; 1 Monzón 3000; 9 Rome Diamond 5000; 2 Huelva 5000; 1 Spanish Clubs 3000; 1 Gijón 5000; 5 Spanish
5000
464
GEBREMESKEL Dejen ETH
25y
270d
1989
13:00.49
12:46.81 -12
2012 Olympic silver at 5000m when he ran the last lap as fast as Mo Farah (52.9), but was trapped in a box at the bell – “I lost the gold there”
10,000 pb: 26:51.02 -13. 3 WJC 5000 2008; 3 WCH 5000 2011; 2 OLY 5000 2012; 16 WCH 10,000 2013; 3 WIC 3000 2014 (2010-10, 2012-5). At WXC: 2008
-18J. Great on last laps: outkicked Mohamed Farah at 2011 Boston indoor 3000m with only one shoe, then a 53.7 last 400m to defeat Bernard Lagat in 2011
New York 5000m. From Gulomakeda in the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia ... coach-Dr Yilma Berta (who was once coach to Haile Gebrselassie)
In 2015: 1 Boston Road Mile; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike 5000; 8 Rome Diamond 5000; dnf New York Diamond 5000; 1 Heusden 5000
465
GEBRHIWET Hagos ETH
21y
102d
1994
12:58.69
12:47.53 -12
Full name-Hagos Gebrhiwet Berhe
2013 World silver at 5000m (after passing all three Kenyans and Bernard Lagat in the closing stages)
3000 pb: 7:30.36 -13 (7:38.08 -15). 5 World Youth 3000 2011; 11 OLY 5000 2012 (was pressurising Mo Farah at the bell, but then fell back with a sore heel); 2
WCH 5000 2013; 5 WIC 5000 2014. At WXC: 2015-4. Coaches-Hussein Shibo, Yilma Berta, Kasshu Gebre-egziabher
Like Olympic silver medallist Dejen Gebremeskel, he is from the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia; when he was a child he was given a scarified marking of a
cross on his forehead to identify him as Tigrayan
In 2015: 4 Ethiopian XC; 4 WXC; 1 Doha Diamond 3000 (beat Mohamed Farah); 3 Rome Diamond 5000
467
KEJELCHA Yomif ETH
18y
20d
1997
12:58.39
12:58.39 -15
Full name-Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa
Reigning Youth Olympic & World Junior Champion. Former World Youth Champion
3000 pb: 7:36.28 -14 (7:39.99 -15). World Youth 3000 2013; 1 Youth Olympic Games 3000 2014; 1 WJC 5000 2014
In 2015: 1 African junior 5000; 5 Doha Diamond 3000; 1 Eugene Diamond 5000; 1 Rome Diamond 5000; 2 Lausanne Diamond 5000
469
MERGA Imane ETH
26y
309d
1988
12:59.04
12:53.58 -10
Full name-Imane Merga Jida
2011 World 10,00m bronze, he also collected the 5000m bronze, but was disqualified when it was noticed that on being boxed at the bell he took several strides
inside the kerb at the start of the first bend
10,000 pb: 26:48.35 -11 (27:17.63 -15). Half Mar pb: 59:56 -12. 1 World Athletics Final 5000 2009 (just one hundredth between first and third); 5 IAAF
Continental Cup 5000 2010; 3 WCH 10,000 2011 (2009-4, 2013-12); 5 African Champs 10,000 2014. 1 French 10,000 2008; 3 Great North Run 2012. At WXC:
2007-7J, 2011-1, 2013-2
In 2015: 4 Doha Diamond 3000; 4 Rome Diamond 5000; 2 Ethiopian Trial 10,000 (in Hengelo); 12 Lausanne Diamond 5000
32y 151d 1983
13:11.77
12:53.11 -11 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Reigning Olympic, World & European Champion at 5000m & 10,000m
10,000 pb: 26:46.57 -11 (26:50.97 -15). 3000 pb: 7:33.1i, 7:34.66 -15. 1500 pb: 3:28.81 -13 (3:28.93 -15). Mile pb: 3:56.49 -05. Half Mar: 59:32 -15. Marathon
pb: 2:08:21 -14. 1 EJC 5000 2001; 2 under-23 ECH 5000 2003/2005; 9 COM 5000 2006; 2 ECH 5000 2006; 6 WCH 5000 2007 (2009-7); 6 WIC 3000 2008; 1
ECP 5000 2008; ht OLY 5000 2008; 1 EIC 3000 2009/2011 (2005-6, 2007-5); 1 ETCh 5000 2009/2010/2013; 1 ECH 5000/10,000 2010; 1 WCH 5000 2011; 4
WIC 3000 2012; 1 ECH 5000 2012; 1 OLY 5000/10,000 2012; 1 WCH 10,000 2013 (2011-2); 1 ECH 10,000 2014. Born-Mogadishu (SOM), came to Britain in
1993
Marathons (2): dnf London 2013 (experimental run to 20K in 58:30); 8 London 2014
In 2015: 1 Birmingham Grand Prix 2M (world indoor best 8:03.40); 1 Lisbon spring Half Mar (European record 59:32); 2 Doha Diamond 3000; 1 Eugene
Diamond 10,000; 1 Lausanne Diamond 5000; 4 Monaco Diamond (3:28.93, the second best ever by a Briton or European after his 3:28.81); 1 London Diamond
3000 (outdoor pb 7:34.66); “I answered everything that I can and it’s not in my control,” he has concluded in reference to June’s doping allegations regarding
his coach, Alberto Salazar
516
FARAH Mohamed GBR
517
FARRELL Tom GBR
24y
151d
1991
13:10.48
13:10.48 -15
2013 European under-23 silver at 5000m // 1500 pb: 3:37.90 -14. 2 under-23 ECH 5000 2013; 7 COM 5000 2014; 12 ECH 5000 2014. At WXC: 2009-58J (first
Briton), 2010-50J. At EXC: 2012-4, 2013-12. 1 UK 5000 2015. Attends Oklahoma State University. Mother-Jennifer Little was eighth in the 1986 Commonwealth
Games High Jump with a best of 1.86, father-David was a 4:05.8 miler in 1991. Coach-Dave Smith
In 2015: 4 Stanford Jordan 5000; 6 Portland 1500; 3 Watford BMC 1500; 1 UK 5000; 7 Heusden 5000
564
RINGER Richard GER
26y
175d
1989
13:10.94
13:10.94 -15
Surprise winner of 3000m at 2014 European Team Championships and a key contribution to the team win of Germany (because their closest rivals, Russia,
gained only 11th place in the same race). Won it again in 2015
3000 pb: 7:46.18i -15, 7:50.99 -14. 10,000 pb: 28:28.96 -14. 1500 pb: 3:41.55 -14 (3:42.04 -15). 13 EJC 5000 2007; ht WCH 1500 2008; 7 under-23 ECH 5000
2011; 1 ETCh 3000 2014/2015 (2013-5); 7 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014; 5 EIC 3000 2015. At EXC: 2010-31u23, 2011-4u23, 2013-7. 1 German XC
2013/2014, 5000 2014/2015, 10,000 2014
In 2015: 1 German indoor 3000; 5 EIC 3000; 8 Rehlingen 1500; 15 Rome Diamond 5000; 1 ETCh 3000; 3 Kortrijk 1500 ‘B’; 10 Heusden 5000; 1 German 5000
621
24y 219d 1991
13:20.39
13:20.39 -15 NR
Jamaican record holder at 5000m // 10,000 pb: 28:45.84 -15. 3000 pb: 7:46.95i -13, 8:20.14 10. 1500 pb: 3:41.00 -14 (3:42.30 -15). ht World Youth 3000 2007;
ht WJC 1500 2008/2010. 3 NCAA 5000 2015 (2013-5); 2 NCAA indoor 5000 2015 (4 3000). Attends University of Arkansas. He says his aim is to “change most
of the mentality that says no-one in our country can make it in distance running”
In 2015: 2 NCAA indoor 5000 (4 3000); 16 Stanford Invitational 10,000; 7 Mt SAC Relays; 7 Stanford Jordan 5000; 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference 5000
(5 1500); 3 NCAA 5000; 1 Jamaican 5000
CAMPBELL Kemoy JAM
666
MURAYAMA Kota JPN
22y
179d
1993
13:19.62
13:19.62 -15
His twin brother Kenta Murayama is also an international distance runner (Half Mar pb: 60:50 -14). Their goal is to to compete together for Japan at the
marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
10,000 pb: 28:12.31 -15. 2 Asian junior 5000 2012; 11 WJC 5000 2012; 5 Asian Games 5000 2014. 1 Japanese 5000 2015 (2014-3). Was at Komazawa
University where he and his twin contributed to four successive National University Ekiden victories. Now they compete for the Asahi Kasei Corporation
(producers of chemical products)
In 2015: 3 Kumamoto 1500; 7 Hiroshima 5000; 2 Nobeoka 5000; 2 Kita-Kyushu 10,000; 1 Japanese 5000; 19 Heusden 5000
669
OSAKO Suguru JPN
24y
90d
1991
13:08.40
13:08.40 -15 NR
Japanese record holder at 3000m & 5000m // 3000 pb: 7:40.09 -14 (7:46.14 -15). 10,000 pb: 27:38.31 -13 (27:45.24 -15). Half Mar pb: 61:47 -10. 1 WSG
10,000 2011; 21 WCH 10,000 2013. At WXC: 2010-32J. 1 Japanese 10,000 2012/2013. Another member of the “Oregon Project” (Alberto Salazar etc)
In 2015: 16 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 2 Japanese 5000; 6 Heusden 5000; 10 London Diamond 3000
691
KIPSANG Emmanuel KEN
24y
69d
1991
13:19.42
13:19.42 -15
Full name-Emmanuel Kiprono Kipsang // 3000 pb: 7:37.05 -15. 10,000 pb: 28:16.5 -15. 1 Kenyan Armed Forces 5000/10,000 2015; 3 Kenyan 5000 2015
In 2015: 3ht Nakuru 5000; 1 Eldoret 10,000; 1 Kenyan Armed Forces 5000/10,000; 3 Kenyan 5000; 3 London Diamond 3000; 2 Kenyan World Championship
Trial 5000
694
KOECH Isiah KEN
21y
245d
1993
13:07.33
12:48.64 -12
Full name-Isiah Kiplangat Koech. Fifth at London 2012, fourth at Daegu 2011, third at Moscow 2013, second at Glasgow 2014
3000 pb: 7:30.43 -12 (7:40.39 -15). 10,000 pb: 27:17.03 -12. 1 World Youth 3000 2009; 5 OLY 5000 2012; 3 WCH 5000 2013 (2011-4); 2 COM 2014; 2 African
Champs 2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 5000 2014. At WXC: 2010-4J, 2011-10J. 1 Kenyan 5000 2011. Coached by Paul Kipsiele Koech
In 2015: 2 Kisii 1500; 6 Doha Diamond 3000; 10 Rome Diamond 5000; 2 Birmingham Diamond 5000; 1 Turku 5000; 2 Kenyan 5000; 3 Monaco Diamond 3000;
3 Kenyan World Championship Trial 5000. He says “ I am confident that we can beat Mo Farah in Beijing.”
698
NDIKU Caleb KEN
22y
315d
1992
13:32.35
12:59.17 -14
Full name-Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku
Three big titles in 2014: World Indoor 3000m, Commonwealth Games 5000m & African Championships 5000m
1500 pb: 3:29.50 -13. 3000 pb: 7:31.66 -14 (7:35.13 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:28.4 -14. 2 World Youth 1500 2009; 1 WJC 1500 2010; 1 African Games 1500 2011 &
African Champs 1500 2012; 1 COM 5000 2014; 1 African Champs 5000 2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014. At WXC: 2010-1J
In 2015: 11 Lausanne Diamond 5000 (spiked and fell); 1 Monaco Diamond 3000
A quiet year so far for him, but he did not need to run in the Kenyan Trials because he had a wildcard entry for Beijing having won the Diamond Race in 2014.
He explains: “ was injured with my knee and started to train only in April with help of my physio in Austria ... and on my way i will be ready for any kind of race,
slow or fast”
703
SOI Edwin KEN
29y
171d
1986
13:11.97
12:51.34 -13
Full name-Edwin Cheruiyot Soi
2008 Olympic 5000m bronze. 2010 African Champion at 5000m
3000 pb: 7:27.33 -11 (7:37.85 -15). 10,000 pb: 27:14.83 -06. 3 OLY 5000 2008; 1 African 5000 2010; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 5000 2010; 3 WIC 3000 2012
(2008-4); 5 WCH 5000 2013. At WXC: 2006-8 short, 2007-9
His win at Eugene 2013 is still the only time Mohamed Farah has been beaten at that distance across five years (2011-2014)
In 2015: 7 ‘Great’ Edinburgh short course XC; 7 Doha Diamond 3000; 1 Mersin 3000/5000; 2 Eugene Diamond 5000; 4 Birmingham Diamond 5000; 3
Lausanne Diamond 5000; 4 Monaco Diamond 3000
732
EL GOUMRI Othmane MAR
23y
84d
1992
13:13.90
13:13.72 -13
10,000 pb: 27:46.34 -15. 3000 pb: 7:36.71 -15. 1500 pb: 3:36.21 -15. 2 Mediterranean Games 5000 2013; ht WCH 5000 2013; 1 Francophone Games 5000
2013; ht WIC 3000 2014; 11 African Champs 5000 2014. At WXC: 2010-33J, 2011-27J. 1 Moroccan 1500 2013; 1 French XC 2014
In 2015: 3 Düsseldorf 3000; 1 European Clubs Cup XC; 5 ‘Great’ Ireland 10K; 4 Arab 5000; 17 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 1 Huelva 5000; 5 Rabat 1500; 2
London Diamond 3000 (12-second pb, 7:36.71)
736
ESSALHI Youness MAR
22y
182d
1993
13:18.95
13:16.07 -13
1500 pb: 3:35.52 -13 (3:35.82 -15). 3000 pb: 7:47.50i, 7:49.21 -14 (7:52.35 -15). 4 WJC 5000 2012; 2 Francophone Games 5000 2013
In 2015: 8 Karlsruhe 3000; 2 Dakar Challenge 3000; 1 Moroccan 1500; 10 Rabat 1500; 1 Bilbao 3000; 4 Sollentuna 1500; 1 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 1500; 16
Heusden 5000; 7 French under-23 1500; 6 Stockholm Diamond 1500
744
BANDA Stuart MAW
26y
273d
1988
-
-
763
LICHT Dennis NED
31y
82d
1984
13:23.00
13:23.00 -15
3000 pb: 7:55.79 -11 (7:57.97 -15). 1500 pb: 3:39.94 -15. 3000SC pb: 8:37.83 -10. 13 EJC 1500 2003; 4 under-23 ECH 1500 2005; ht EIC 1500 2009; 7 ECH
5000 2012; 6 ETCh 3000 2014. 1 Dutch 5000 2011/2015 & 3000SC 2010. 1 Dutch indoor 3000 2015. At EXC: 2003-33J, 2004-78, 2005-dnf, 2006-39u23.
Bachelor of Business Administration. Coach-Johan Voogd
In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor 3000; 2 Alphen aan den Rijn 20K; 10 Stanford Jordan 5000; 2 Pliezhausen 3000; 11 Hengelo 1500; 3 Oslo Diamond 1500; 2 ETCh 1st
League 3000; dnf Heusden 5000; 1 Dutch 5000 (3 1500)
775
BURAAS Sindre NOR
26y
105d
1989
13:11.96
13:11.96 -15
2013 World finalist at 5000m (the only European there apart from Mohamed Farah)
10,000 pb: 28:56.46 -11. 3000 pb: 7:53.91 -12. 1500 pb: 3:42.20 -11 (3:44.67 -15y). 12 EJC 5000 2007; 1 Nordic 10,000 2010; 10 ETCh 3000 2010; 1 under-23
ECH 5000 2011; 18 ECH 5000 2012 (2010-ht). At WXC: 2011-26. At EXC: 2006-26J, 2007-53J, 2008-10J, 2009-37u23, 2010-8u23, 2012-33, 2013-27. 1 World
Junior Mountain Running Champs 2008
In 2015: 11 Oordegem IFAM 5000; 16 Rome Diamond 5000; 7 Oslo Diamond 1500; 11 Heusden 5000; 4 Norwegian 1500
783
WILLIS Nick NZL
32y
118d
1983
13:22.11
13:20.33 -14
2008 Olympic silver at 1500m. He replaced the legendary John Walker as New Zealand record holder at 1500m (though not yet the mile)
1500 pb: 3:29.66 -15. 3000 pb: 7:36.91 -14. 800 pb: 1:45.54 -04. 4 WJC 1500 2002; 1 COM 1500 2006 (2010/2014-3); 3 WCP 2006; 10 WCH 2007
(2005/2013-sf, 2011-12); dq WIC 1500 2008/2014 (he ran inside the kerb of the track both times); 2 OLY 2008 (2004-sf, 2012-9); 10 COM 5000 2014; 4 IAAF
Continental Cup 3000 2014 (6 1500). 1 NCAA indoor 2005. 1 New Zealand 5000 2011/2012. At WXC: 2003-91 short, 2004-42 short. Economics Graduate from
University of Michigan
In 2015: 1 Waitakere 5000; 1 New Zealand 1500; 2 New York Diamond 5000; 1 Lignano 1500; 5 Monaco Diamond 1500
890
MUHITIRA Felicien RWA
20y
290d
1994
-
-
10,000 pb: 28:07.17 -14. Half Mar pb: 62:31 -14. 5 African junior 10,000 2013; 2 Kigali Half Mar 2013; 41 World Half Mar 2014; 10 COM 10,000 2014. At WXC:
2015-34
In 2015: 7 Massawa Half Mar; 35 WXC
902
ABDILLE BORAI Suleiman SOM
30y
266d
1984
-
-
21y 123d 1994
13:00.31
13:00.31 -15 NR
TRANSFEREE – Formerly: Stanley Kiprotich Mukche (aka Stephen Kiprotich) KEN
2015 European Indoor Champion at 3000m
10,000 pb: 27:24.09 -15. 3000 pb: 7:38.42i, 7:38.65 -15. 1 EJC 5000/10,000 2013; 3 ETCh 5000 2014 (8 3000); 3 ECH 10,000 2014 (9 5000); 5 IAAF
Continental Cup 5000 2014; 1 EIC 3000 2015; 1 under-23 ECH 5000/10,000 2015. At EXC: 2013-1J, 2014-2
Became a Turkish citizen on June 6, 2013 after having apparently lived permanently in Turkey from May 12, 2012 (although at the 2013 European Junior
Championships in Rieti, a substitute suddenly appeared at the medal ceremony to collect his 5000m gold as Kaya had already returned to Kenya after having
won that event and the 10,000m earlier in the week)
In 2015: 4 Adana Half Mar (61:21); 1 EIC 3000; 1 Turkish 10,000; 2 Mersin 3000/5000; 7 Rome Diamond 5000; 1 under-23 ECH 5000/10,000; 7 Monaco
Diamond 3000
960
KAYA Ali TUR
970
KIPYEKO Phillip UGA
20y
223d
1995
13:10.69
13:10.69 -15
2014 World Junior Mountain Running Champion // 3000 pb: 7:44.14 -15 (7:52.66 -15). 7 World Youth 3000 2011; 3 Commonwealth Youth Games 3000 2011; 6
WJC 5000 2012/2014; ht WCH 5000 2013; 1 World Junior Mountain Running Champs 2014. At WXC: 2015-25
In 2015: 1 Ugandan XC; 25 WXC; 15 Doha Diamond 3000; 14 Ostrava Golden Spike 5000; 8 Heusden 5000
1023
HEATH Garrett USA
29y
291d
1985
13:16.31
13:16.31 -15
Seventh at 2010 World Indoor 1500m. Twice US Road Mile Champion // Mile pb: 3:53.15 -13 (3:56.53 -15). 1500 pb: 3:34.12 -13 (3:34.13 -15). 3000 pb:
7:37.40i -14, 7:47.04 -13. 7 WIC 1500 2010; 4 Pan-Am Games 5000 2015. 1 US road mile 2013/2015; 1 Great North CityGames Mile 2014; 1 US 5K 2014. He
was twice Minnesota State Champion in Nordic skiing. Studied Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. Based-Seattle
His father Bob completed the 2013 London–Edinburgh–London bicycle event (with Garrett driving his support car)
In 2015: 1 ‘Great’ Edinburgh short course XC; 26 US XC; 4 US indoor 2M; 2 Seattle 3.4M; 3 Des Moines Road Mile; 2 Stanford Jordan 5000; 1 Minneapolis; 5
Eugene Diamond Mile ‘B’; 2 Portland 1500; 4 US 5000; 3 Catalan; 5 Monaco Diamond 3000; 4 Pan-Am Games 5000; 6 Portland 800
1025
HILL Ryan USA
25y
202d
1990
13:15.92
13:14.22 -13
2013 World Championship finalist // 3000 pb: 7:34.87i -14, 7:42.32 -13. 1500 pb: 3:37.10 -14 (13:15.92 -15). 10 WCH 5000 2013. At WXC: 2009-52J. 1
North/Central American & Caribbean Junior XC 2009. 2 NCAA 1500 2012; 1 US 5000 2015
In 2015: 1 US indoor 2M; 1 Stanford Jordan; 6 Eugene Diamond 5000; 4 Portland 1500; 1 US 5000
1055
RUPP Galen USA
29y
105d
1986
13:12.36
12:58.90 -12
2012 Olympic silver at 10,000m. US record holder & 6x US Champion at 10,000m
10,000 pb: 26:44.36 -14 (28:11.61 -15). 7 World Youth 3000 2003; 1 Pan-Am junior 5000 2003; 9 WJC 5000 2004; 13 OLY 10,000 2008; 5 WIC 3000 2010; 2
OLY 10,000 2012 (7 5000); 4 WCH 10,000 2013 (2007-11, 2009-8, 2011-7); 8 WCH 5000 2013 (2011-9); 4 WIC 3000 2014. At WXC: 2005-20J. 1 US 10,000
2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 5000 2012). Married 33:54.55 10,000m runner Keara Sammons in September 2011, their twins Grayson and Emmie
born July 29, 2014
In 2015: 3 Eugene Diamond 5000; 1 US 10,000 (3 5000); 4 Portland Mile
1064
TRUE Ben USA
29y
235d
1985
13:06.15
13:02.74 -14
Sixth at 2013 World Cross Country Championships, when he led the US to team silvers ahead of Kenya
10,000 pb: 27:41.17 -12 (27:43.79 -15). 3000 pb: 7:44.40 -12. 1500 pb: 3:40.07 -13. 1 US 10M 2012, 5K 2011/2012 & 15K 2013/2014/2015; 6 US Olympic Trial
5000 2012. At WXC: 2011-35, 2013-6. Former cross country skier, a sport in which he was part of the Dartmouth College team which won the 2007 NCAA team
title
In 2015: 6 San Juan ‘World’s Best’ 10K; 1 US 15K; 1 Boston 5K; 2 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 1 New York 10K; 1 New York Diamond 5000; 2 US 5000/10,000 (he
declined a Beijing place at 10,000m); 3 Heusden 5000
1082
AL-QWABANI Abdullah YEM
16y
172d
1999
-
-
At WXC: 2015-105J // In 2015: 105 WXC-j
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....12:37.35..Kenenisa Bekele ETH................ 2004
2.....12:39.36..Haile Gebrselassie ETH............. 1998
3.....12:39.74..Daniel Komen KEN.................... 1997
4.....12:46.53..Eliud Kipchoge KEN...................2004
5.....12:46.81..Dejen Gebremeskel ETH........... 2012
6.....12:47.04..Sileshi Sihine ETH..................... 2004
7.....12:47.53..Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH............... 2012
8.....12:48.64..Isiah Koech KEN........................ 2012
9.....12:48.66..Isaac Songok KEN..................... 2006
10...12:48.77..Yenew Alamirew ETH................ 2012
1.....12:58.39..Yomif Kejelcha ETH
2.....12:58.69..Paul Tanui KEN
3.....12:58.69..Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH
4.....12:59.04..Imane Merga ETH
5.....12:59.78..Thomas Longosiwa KEN
6.....13:00.30..Muktar Edris ETH
7.....13:00.31..Ali Kaya TUR
8.....13:00.49..Dejen Gebremeskel ETH
9.....13:05.61..Ilias Fifa MAR
10...13:06.10..Bashir Abdi BEL
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Age
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ABDI Bashir BEL
26y
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
192d
1989
27:47.55
27:47.55 -15
Fourth in 2012 European 10,000m, fifth in 2014. Born-Mogadishu (SOM)
5000 pb: 13:06.10 -15. 3000 pb: 7:40.44 -15. 1500 pb: 3:36.55 -14 (3:41.10 -15). 10,000 pb: 27:36.40 -14 (27:47.55 -15). 4 ECH 10,000 2012 (8 5000); 23
WCH 10,000 2013; 5 ECH 10,000 2014 (16 5000). At EXC: 2010-41u23, 2013-8 (team silver)
In 2015: 1 Zandvoort 12K; 6 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 2 San Francisco 12K; 3 Oordegem IFAM 1500; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike 5000; 9 Birmingham Diamond; 5
Huelva 5000; dnf Leiden 10,000; 1 ETCh 1st League 5000; 2 Heusden 5000; 6 London Diamond 3000
281
AYALEW Aweke BRN
22y
179d
1993
-
28:30 road
TRANSFEREE – Ethiopian origin. Acquired Bahraini citizenship on February 13, 2013, cleared by IAAF to compete for Bahrain from February 12, 2014
Full name-Aweke Ayalew Yimer
2014 Asian Cross Country Champion
Half Mar pb: 63:01 -14. 5000 pb: 13:05.00 -13 (13:19.80 -15). 3000 pb: 7:49.09 -14. 1 Asian XC 2014; 50 World Half Mar 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 3000
2014. At WXC: 2015-10
In 2015: 10 WXC; 3 Arab 5000; 11 Rome Diamond 5000; 7 Lausanne Diamond 5000
284
ELABBASSI El Hassan BRN
31y
129d
1984
27:25.02
27:25.02 -15
TRANSFEREE – Moroccan origin. Acquired Bahraini citizenship on August 13, 2013, cleared by IAAF to compete for Bahrain from August 12, 2014
5000 pb: 13:33.95 -14. Half Mar pb: 61:09 -13. 1 Asian Games 10,000 2014; 1 Arab 10,000 2015; 1 Asian Champs 10,000 2015
In 2015: 15 WXC; 1 Arab 10,000; 7 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 1 Asian Champs 10,000
26y 146d 1989
27:07.51
27:07.51 -15 NR
2014 Commonwealth Games bronze at 10,000m // 5000 pb: 13:15.19 -13 (13:20.68 -15). 1500 pb: 3:36.88 -13 (3:54.12 -15). 1 North/Central American &
Caribbean XC 2012; 11 OLY 10,000 2012 (14 5000); 3 COM 10,000 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games 5000 2015. At WXC: 2011-55, 2013-41. 1 NCAA 5000/10,000
2012. 1 Canadian XC 2010/2011/2013 & 5000 2012/2013/2014. In 2012 he became the first ever student from Southern Utah University to win a US Collegiate
title. Graduated from that university in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. Coach-Alberto Salazar
In 2015: 4 Eugene Diamond 10,000 Canadian record 27:07.51); 1 Portland 5000; 1 Canadian 5000 (6 1500); 5 Pan-Am Games 5000
314
LEVINS Cam CAN
418
AMLOSOM Nguse ERI
28y
284d
1986
27:50.14
27:28.10 -12
Full name-Nguse Tesfaldet Amlosom (sometimes he competes as Tesfaldet, other times as Amlosom / Amlosem)
2014 African Champion at 10,000m
Half Mar 59:39 -14 (59:55 -15). 5000 pb: 13:30.22 -15. 4 World Military Games 10,000 2011; 19 African XC 2012; 15 OLY 10,000 2012; 8 WCH 10,000 2013; 5
World Half Mar 2014; 1 African Champs 10,000 2014; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 5000 2014. At WXC: 2013-61
In 2015: 1 Huesca XC; 1 Trujillo XC; 3 Venlo Half Mar; 3 Yangzhou Half Mar; dq Eugene Diamond 10,000 (He crossed the line 8th in a personal best 27:26.53,
but was disqualified for having stepped inside the kerb – so he needed to find another 10,000m later in the summer in order to satisfy the Eritrean selectors); 3
New York Diamond 5000; 1 San Sebastián 10,000
422
MEDHIN Teklemariam ERI
26y
58d
1989
28:48.27
27:16.69 -12
Full name-Teklemariam Medhin Weldeslasie
2010 World Cross Country silver medallist, then bronze in 2013
Half Mar pb: 61:47 -14. 5000 pb: 13:04.55 -10. 12 WJC 5000 2006; 12 WCH 10,000 2009 (15 5000); 7 OLY 10,000 2012 (2008-32); dnf WCH 10,000 2103. At
WXC: 2006-13J, 2007-14J, 2008-23, 2009-9, 2010-2, 2011-14, 2013-3, 2015-17
In 2015: 1 Seville XC; 1 Elgóibar XC; 17 WXC; dnf Eugene Diamond 10,000; dnf Huelva 5000; 8 San Sebastián 10,000
424
OSMAN Abrar ERI
21y
232d
1994
27:41.69
27:41.69 -15
Full name-Abrar Osman Adem
2010 Youth Olympic Champion at 3000m // 5000 pb: 13:14.00 -15. 3000 pb: 7:39.70 -13 (7:44.59 -15). 1 Youth Olympic Games 3000 2010; 3 World Youth
3000 2001; 2 WJC 5000 2012; ht OLY 5000 2012; 3 African Champs 5000 2014; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2014. At WXC: 2013-18, 2015-13. 9 African XC
2014
In 2015: 1 Eritrean XC; 13 WXC; 9 Doha Diamond 3000; 1 Leiden 10,000; 1 Bottrop 5000
462
EDRIS Muktar ETH
21y
219d
1994
12:54.83
12:54.83 -14
Full name-Muktar Edris Awel (aka Muktar Idriss)
The world’s fastest at 5000m in 2014 with 12:54.83 at Stockholm
5000 pb: 12:54.83 -14 (13:00.30 -15). 4 African junior 10,000 2011; 1 African junior XC 2012; 1 WJC 5000 2012; 7 WCH 5000 2013. At WXC: 2011-7J, 2013
-3J, 2015-3
In 2015: 6 Ethiopian XC; 1 San Vittore Olona XC; 3 WXC; 2 Dongio 10K; 6 Rome Diamond 5000; 1 Ethiopian Trial 10,000 (in Hengelo); 5 Lausanne Diamond
5000
466
GEREMEW Mosinet ETH
23y
190d
1992
27:18.86
27:18.86 -15
27:17.63
26:48.35 -11
Full name-Geremew Bayih Mosinet // 5000 pb: 13:17.41 -12. At WXC: 2010-16J, 2013-24. 1 ‘Great’ Ethiopian 10K 2011
In 2015: 1 R’as Al Khaimah Half Mar; 1 Yangzhou Half Mar; 1 Bangalore 10K; 3 Ethiopian Trial 10,000 (in Hengelo)
469
MERGA Imane ETH
26y
309d
1988
Full name-Imane Merga Jida
2011 World 10,00m bronze, he also collected the 5000m bronze, but was disqualified when it was noticed that on being boxed at the bell he took several strides
inside the kerb at the start of the first bend
5000 pb: 12:53.58 -10 (12:59.04 -15). Half Mar pb: 59:56 -12. 1 World Athletics Final 5000 2009 (just one hundredth between first and third); 5 IAAF Continental
Cup 5000 2010; 3 WCH 10,000 2011 (2009-4, 2013-12); 5 African Champs 10,000 2014. 1 French 10,000 2008; 3 Great North Run 2012. At WXC: 2007-7J,
2011-1, 2013-2
In 2015: 4 Doha Diamond 3000; 4 Rome Diamond 5000; 2 Ethiopian Trial 10,000 (in Hengelo); 12 Lausanne Diamond 5000
473
TAKELE Adugna ETH
26y
176d
1989
27:19.34
27:19.34 -15
Full name-Adugna Takele Bekele (aka Bikila) // 10K pb: 27:30 -13. Half Mar pb: 60:14 -14. Marathon pb: 2:08:31 -14 (2:09:39 -15). 9 World Half Mar 2014
(team bronze); 4 African Champs 10,000 2014. 1 Ethiopian 10,000 2014; 2 Great Ethiopian Run 10K 2013 (2014-3)
Marathons (2): 8 Frankfurt 2014, 9 Dubai 2015
In 2015: 9 Dubai; 5 Prague Half Mar; 4 Ethiopian Trial 10,000 (in Hengelo)
32y 151d 1983
26:50.97
26:46.57 -11 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Reigning Olympic, World & European Champion at 5000m & 10,000m
5000 pb: 12:53.11 -11 (13:11.77 -15). 3000 pb: 7:33.1i, 7:34.66 -15. 1500 pb: 3:28.81 -13 (3:28.93 -15). Mile pb: 3:56.49 -05. Half Mar: 59:32 -15. Marathon pb:
2:08:21 -14. 1 EJC 5000 2001; 2 under-23 ECH 5000 2003/2005; 9 COM 5000 2006; 2 ECH 5000 2006; 6 WCH 5000 2007 (2009-7); 6 WIC 3000 2008; 1 ECP
5000 2008; ht OLY 5000 2008; 1 EIC 3000 2009/2011 (2005-6, 2007-5); 1 ETCh 5000 2009/2010/2013; 1 ECH 5000/10,000 2010; 1 WCH 5000 2011; 4 WIC
3000 2012; 1 ECH 5000 2012; 1 OLY 5000/10,000 2012; 1 WCH 10,000 2013 (2011-2); 1 ECH 10,000 2014. Born-Mogadishu (SOM), came to Britain in 1993
Marathons (2): dnf London 2013 (experimental run to 20K in 58:30); 8 London 2014
In 2015: 1 Birmingham Grand Prix 2M (world indoor best 8:03.40); 1 Lisbon spring Half Mar (European record 59:32); 2 Doha Diamond 3000; 1 Eugene
Diamond 10,000; 1 Lausanne Diamond 5000; 4 Monaco Diamond (3:28.93, the second best ever by a Briton or European after his 3:28.81); 1 London Diamond
3000 (outdoor pb 7:34.66); “I answered everything that I can and it’s not in my control,” he has concluded in reference to June’s doping allegations regarding
his coach, Alberto Salazar
516
FARAH Mohamed GBR
545
GABIUS Arne GER
34y
152d
1981
27:43.93
27:43.93 -15
2012 European silver at 5000m // 5000 pb: 13:12.50 -13 (13:32.68 -15). 3000 pb: 7:35.43 -12. 1500 pb: 3:41.17 -14. 4 ECP 3000 2005 (2006-6); 9 EIC 3000
2007; 2 ECP 5000 2007; ht WCH 5000 2009/2013; 7 ETCh 3000 2010; 2 ECH 5000 2012 (2006-dnq, 2010-12. 2014-7); 8 WIC 3000 2012 (2008-12); ht OLY
5000 2012; 1 ETCh 5000 2014 (2011-10, 2013-6). 1 German 5000 2007/2009/2010/2011/2013. At EXC: 2005-48. Self-coached (previously coached by Dieter
Baumann)
In 2015: 9 New York Half Mar; 302 Berlin Half Mar; 15 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 6 New York Diamond 5000; 5 Boston 10K
665
MURAYAMA Kenta JPN
22y
179d
1993
27:39.95
27:39.95 -15
His twin brother Kota Murayama is also an international distance runner (5000 pb: 13:19.62 -15). Their goal is to to compete together for Japan at the marathon
at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Half Mar pb: 60:50 -14. 5000 pb: 13:34.53 -14 (13:53.81 -15) . 6 WJC 10,000 2012; 10 WSG 10,000 2013; 56 World Half Mar 2014. 1 Japanese Collegiate
5000 2011. Was at Komazawa University where he and his twin contributed to four successive National University Ekiden victories. Now they compete for the
Asahi Kasei Corporation (producers of chemical products)
In 2015: 2 Fukuoka XC; 13 Kumamoto 1500; 2 Hyogo Relays 10,000; 1 Nobeoka 10,000; 1 Kita-Kyushu 1500; 11 Japanese 10,000 (30 5000); 17 Kitami 5000
670
SHITARA Yuta JPN
23y
246d
1991
27:42.71
27:42.71 -15
Half Mar pb: 61:48 -12. 5000 pb: 13:34.68 -15. 20 WSG Half Mar 2013. 2 Japanese 10,000 2015
In 2015: 27 Marugame Half Mar; 3 Fukuoka XC; 8 Kumamoto 5000; 10 Hiroshima 5000; 16 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 2 Nobeoka 10,000; 12 Yokohama 5000; 2
Japanese 10,000; 22 Japanese 5000; 11 Heusden 5000 ‘B’
675
YOROIZAKA Tetsuya JPN
25y
154d
1990
28:18.53
27:38.99 -14
2010 World Universities Cross Country Champion // 5000 pb: 13:12.63 -15. 1 World University XC 2010. 5 Asian Champs 5000 2011; 3 Asian Indoor Champs
3000 2014; 7 Asian XC 2014. At WXC: 2010-73, 2011-84. 1 Japanese 10,000 2015
In 2015: 10 Kumamoto; 11 Hiroshima 5000; 1 Nobeoka 5000 ‘B’; 9 Yokohama 5000; 1 Japanese 10,000 (5 5000); 12 Heusden 5000
682
KAMWOROR Geoffrey KEN
22y
265d
1992
26:52.65
26:52.65 -15
Full name-Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor
2014 World Half Marathon Champion. 2015 World Cross Country Champion
Marathon pb: 2:06:12 -12. Half Mar pb: 58:54 -13. 5000 pb: 13:12.23 -11. At WXC: 2011-1J. 1 World Half Mar 2014. 1 Kenyan 5000 2012 (but couldn’t make
the final at their Olympic Trials later that month); 1 Kenyan Police 10,000 2013 & XC 2013/2014
Marathons (5): 3 Berlin 2012, 4 Rotterdam 2013, 3 Berlin 2013, 6 Tokyo 2014, 4 Berlin 2014. Also paced Berlin 2011
In 2015: 1 Nairobi XC; 2 Kenyan XC; 1 WXC; 1 Kisii 1500; 3 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 1 Kenyan 5000; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial 10,000 (27:11.89, a
world best at high altitude)
(He is reported as saying that he will start the world 10,000m final at a high pace to make sure that the title is not decided on a final sprint)
697
KAROKI Bedan KEN
25y today
1990
27:15.33
26:52.36 -14
Full name-Bedan (aka Bidan) Karoki Muchiri (so Muchiri might end up on his bib but he’s best known as Karoki)
Fifth at 2012 Olympics after Farah, Rupp and the Bekeles
5000 pb: 13:15.25 -14 (13:21.26 -15). 2 African Games 10,000 2011; 5 OLY 10,000 2013; 6 WCH 10,000 2013. 1 Japanese 5000 2009/2011; 1 Stanford
10,000 2011; 2 Australian 10,000 2011. Came to Japan in 2007 to attend High School, now he competes for the competes for the S&B Foods team (Japan’s
leading manufacturer of processed food. Helped pace 2011 Tokyo Marathon
He’s been described as “the new Samuel Wanjiru” because of his Japanese connections
In 2015: 1 Kenyan XC; 2 WXC; 6 Lausanne Diamond 5000; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial 10,000 (27:15.33 at altitude)
702
TANUI Paul KEN
24y
242d
1990
26:51.86
26:49.41 -14
Full name-Paul Kipngetich Tanui
Second in 2011 World Cross Country Championships, thind in 2013 World 10,000m
5000 pb: 12:58.69 -15. 3 WCH 10,000 2013 (2011-9). 1 Kenyan XC 2010. At WXC: 2009-4J (wore borrowed shoes), 2010-8, 2011-2. In Japan he is based in
Fukuoka and competes for the Kyudenko Corporation (a provider of engineering services). Former student at the Kisii Technical College
In 2015: 7 San Juan ‘World’s Best’ 10K; 2 Kumamoto 5000; 3 Hiroshima 5000; 1 Kita-Kyushu 10,000; 2 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 2 Rome Diamond 5000; 3
Kenyan World Championship Trial 10,000
852
MOKOKA Stephen RSA
30y
142d
1985
27:43.73
27:40.73 -12
JUMA Ismail TAN
24y
18d
1991
-
28:17 road
20x South African Champion across three surfaces // Marathon pb: 2:08:33 -10. Half Mar pb: 60:47 -14. 5000 pb: 13:11.44 -15. 1500 pb: 3:38.55 -10. 9 WSG
10,000 2005; 8 World Half Mar 2009/2012 (2008-67, 2014-12); 2 WSG 10,000 2011 (2007-3); 13 WCH 10,000 2011 (2013-20); 8 African Champs 10,000 2012;
1 WSG 10,000 2013 (2 4000). At WXC: 2008-74, 2009-32, 2010-22, 2015-29. 1 South African 1500 2010, 5000 2013/2015, 10,000
2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2015, 10K 2009/2010/2015, 12K 2010/2015, Half Mar 2008/2009/2011/2012/2013, XC 2014. Lives-Pretoria, student of Sports
Management at Tshwane University of Technology. Coach-Michael Seme. 50kg/1.57 tall
Marathons (7): 4 Seoul 2010, 3 Pretoria 2011, 2 Shanghai 2011, 49 OLY 2012, 4 Shanghai 2012, 1 Shanghai 2013/2014. Also helped pace Ostu (Lake Biwa)
2010 & Beijing 2011
In 2015: 2 South African World Cross Trial XC; 1 Paulpietersburg Half Mar; 1 South African 10K; 1 Durban 10K; 1 Pretoria 5000 (3 800); 1 Gauteng North
1500/5000 (2 800); 29 WXC; 1 Cape Town Half Mar; 1 South African 5000/10,000 (his 19th & 20th South African titles); 1 South African Universities 10,000/Half
Mar; 2 ‘Great’ Manchester 10K; 1 Polokwane 10K; 14 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 3 Birmingham Diamond 5000; 7 Port Elizabeth Half Mar; 1 Polokwane 10K
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No track 10,000m mark reported for him, but he qualifies for Beijing on the stength of ninth place at the World Cross Country Championships
10K pb: 28:33 -13. Half Mar pb: 62:52 -15. At WXC: 2015-9
In 2015: 9 WXC
21y 123d 1994
27:24.09
27:24.09 -15 NR
TRANSFEREE – Formerly: Stanley Kiprotich Mukche (aka Stephen Kiprotich) KEN
2015 European Indoor Champion at 3000m
5000 pb: 13:00.31 -15. 3000 pb: 7:38.42i, 7:38.65 -15. 1 EJC 5000/10,000 2013; 3 ETCh 5000 2014 (8 3000); 3 ECH 10,000 2014 (9 5000); 5 IAAF Continental
Cup 5000 2014; 1 EIC 3000 2015; 1 under-23 ECH 5000/10,000 2015. At EXC: 2013-1J, 2014-2
Became a Turkish citizen on June 6, 2013 after having apparently lived permanently in Turkey from May 12, 2012 (although at the 2013 European Junior
Championships in Rieti, a substitute suddenly appeared at the medal ceremony to collect his 5000m gold as Kaya had already returned to Kenya after having
won that event and the 10,000m earlier in the week)
In 2015: 4 Adana Half Mar (61:21); 1 EIC 3000; 1 Turkish 10,000; 2 Mersin 3000/5000; 7 Rome Diamond 5000; 1 under-23 ECH 5000/10,000; 7 Monaco
Diamond 3000
960
KAYA Ali TUR
964
CHEPTEGEI Joshua UGA
18y
342d
1996
27:27.57
27:27.57 -15
Full name-Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei
2014 World Junior Champion at 10,000m
5000 pb: 13:28.50 -15. 71 World University XC 2014 (at age 17 on home ground in Entebbe); 1 WJC 10,000 2014 (4 5000); dnf African Champs 10,000 2014; 1
African junior 10,000 2015. At WXC: 2015-11J
In 2015: 5 Seville XC; 3 Elgóibar XC; 1 Ugandan junior XC; 1 African junior 10,000; 11 WXC-j; 8 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 1 Ugandan 5000
965
KIBET Moses UGA
24y
151d
1991
-
28:05.71 -14
5000 pb: 13:15.18 -11 (13:40.75 -15). ht WJC 1500 2008. 1 Commonwealth Youth Games 5000 2008; ht WCH 5000 2009; 4 WJC 5000 2010; ht WCH 5000
2011; 6 African XC 2014; 29 World Half Mar 2014; 11 COM 10,000 2014 (15 5000). At WXC: 2009-3J, 2010-5J, 2011-22, 2015-8
In 2015: 4 Ugandan XC; 8 WXC; paced ECP 10,000; 6 Huelva 5000; 9 Carquefou 5000
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TOROITICH Timothy UGA
23y
315d
1991
27:39.71
27:31.07 -13
Fifth at 2013 World Cross Country Championships // 5000 pb: 13:32.21 -13. 3000SC pb: 8:23.61 -12. 10 African XC 2012; 22 WCH 10,000 2013; 8 COM
10,000 2014 (11 5000). At WXC: 2009-25J, 2010-13J, 2013-5, 2015-27
In 2015: 1 Amorebieta XC; 3 Seville XC; 27 WXC; 3 Cape Town 12K; 12 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 1 Ugandan 10,000
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ESTRADA Diego USA
25y
252d
1989
27:30.53
27:30.53 -15
5000 pb: 13:15.33 -13 (13:17.30 -15). 21 OLY 10,000 2012; ht WCH 5000 2013. 2 NCAA indoor 5000 2013; 3 NCAA 5000 2013; 1 US 5K 2014; 1 US Half Mar
2015
Northern Arizona University. Born-Mexico, became a permanent resident of the United States in 2000 and gained US citizenship on November 18, 2011, but
opted to compete for Mexico at London 2012 and Moscow 2013. He then decided to represent the US and was cleared by IAAF to do so from May 15, 2014
In 2015: 1 US Half Mar; 6 Carlsbad 5K; 1 Mt SAC Relays 5000; 3 Stanford Jordan 5000; 9 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 8 US 10,000 (15 5000)
1034
KIPCHIRCHIR Shadrack USA
26y
180d
1989
28:19.40
28:19.40 -15
Ex-Kenya, acquired US citizenship on January 12, 2015 having been resident in the USA since 2009. Cleared by the IAAF to compete for the USA from June
10, 2015
5000 pb: 13:37.68 -14 (13:42.51 -15). 4 Pan-Am Games 10,000 2015. 2 NCAA 10,000 2014 (9 5000). Studied engineering at Oklahoma State University. In
2014 joined the US Army’s World Class Athlete programme, which combines soldiering with competition. Fifth of nine children, he had not competed in athletics
before coming to the USA. 1.68 tall
In 2015: 17 US 15K; 10 Mt SAC Relays 5000; 23 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 4 US 10,000; 4 Pan-Am Games 10,000
1045
MEAD Hassan USA
25y
358d
1989
27:33.04
27:33.04 -15
5000 pb: 13:02.80 -14 (13:37.30 -15). 1500 pb: 3:38.72 -14. 3 US 5000 2014 & 10,000 2015. 4 NCAA 5000 2012. Born-Somalia, moved to the USA in 2000
In 2015: 7 Stanford Jordan 10,000; 11 Eugene Diamond 10,000; 3 US 10,000; 13 Lausanne Diamond 5000; 3 Portland Mile
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29y 105d 1986
28:11.61
26:44.36 -14 NR
2012 Olympic silver at 10,000m. US record holder & 6x US Champion at 10,000m
5000 pb: 12:58.90 -12 (13:12.36 -15). 7 World Youth 3000 2003; 1 Pan-Am junior 5000 2003; 9 WJC 5000 2004; 13 OLY 10,000 2008; 5 WIC 3000 2010; 2
OLY 10,000 2012 (7 5000); 4 WCH 10,000 2013 (2007-11, 2009-8, 2011-7); 8 WCH 5000 2013 (2011-9); 4 WIC 3000 2014. At WXC: 2005-20J. 1 US 10,000
2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 5000 2012). Married 33:54.55 10,000m runner Keara Sammons in September 2011, their twins Grayson and Emmie
born July 29, 2014
In 2015: 3 Eugene Diamond 5000; 1 US 10,000 (3 5000); 4 Portland Mile
RUPP Galen USA
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....26:17.53..Kenenisa Bekele ETH................ 2005
2.....26:22.75..Haile Gebrselassie ETH............. 1998
3.....26:27.85..Paul Tergat KEN........................ 1997
4.....26:30.03..Nicolas Kemboi KEN.................. 2003
5.....26:30.74..Abebe Dinkesa ETH...................2005
6.....26:35.63..Micah Kogo KEN........................ 2006
7.....26:36.26..Paul Koech KEN........................ 1997
8.....26:37.25..Zersenay Tadesse ERI.............. 2006
9.....26:38.08..Salah Hissou MAR..................... 1996
10...26:38.76..Abdullah Ahmad Hassan............2003
1.....26:50.97..Mohamed Farah GBR
2.....26:51.86..Paul Tanui KEN
3.....26:52.65..Geoffrey Kamworor KEN
4.....27:07.51..Cam Levins CAN
5.....27:15.33..Bedan Karoki KEN
6.....27:17.18..Muktar Edris ETH
7.....27:17.63..Imane Merga ETH
8.....27:17.91..Geoffrey Kirui KEN
9.....27:18.86..Mosinet Geremew ETH
10...27:19.34..Adugna Tekele ETH
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Age
185
KEMBOI Edwin Kipchirchir AUT
31y
(Days)
61d
Born
1984
2015 Best
Personal Best
2:14:05
2:12:58 -13
Kenyan-born, he gained Austrian citizenship on June 3, 2014. His Austrian wife Anja Prieler is also an athlete, they met in 2011 at a training camp in Austria
Marathons (8): 30 Nairobi 2010, 8 Verona 2011, 1 Graz 2011, 4 Mainz 2012, 9 Rotterdam 2013, 22 Frankfurt 2013, 1 Salzburg 2014, 20 Dubai 2015
In 2015: 20 Dubai
213
NIHORIMBERE Pierre-Célestin BDI
25y
232d
1990
2:15:35
2:15:35 -15
40y
249d
1974
2:13:46
2:11:30 -11
At WXC: 2006-29J, 2007-32J, 2009-113J
Marathon (1): 2 Padua 2015
In 2015: 2 Padua
224
EL HACHIMI Abdelhadi BEL
TRANSFEREE – Born Morocco, acquired Belgium citizenship on June 1, 2013, cleared by IAAF to represent Belgium from May 31, 2013
Half Mar: 62:26 -04 (65:17 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:57.89 -14 (29:03.33 -15). 5000 pb: 13:28.05 -13. At EXC: 2013-49, 2014-25. 1 Belgian 5000 2013/2014 & 10,000
2014/2015
Marathons (21): 7 Livorno 2005, 4 Latina 2005, 6 Padua 2006, 7 Florence 2006, 6 Padua 2007, 1 Grottazzolina 2007, 4 Livorno 2007, 1 Palermo 2007, 9 Milan
2007, 3 Luxembourg 2008, 5 Carpi 2009, 6 Florence 2009, 14 Amsterdam 2010, 12 Amsterdam 2011, 11 Eindhoven 2012, 1 Antwerp 2013, 7 Eindhoven 2013,
8 Hannover 2014, 14 ECH 2014, 12 Berlin 2014, 2 Düsseldorf 2015
In 2015: 9 Belgian XC; 18 The Hague Half Mar; 2 Düsseldorf; 1 Belgian 10,000; 2 Jambes 5000; 1 Brussels 20K; 11 ECP 10,000; 7 Lozere 22.4K
263
da SILVA Solonei BRA
33y
125d
1982
2:13:15
2:11:32 -11
Full name-Solonei Rocha da Silva
2011 Pan-American Games Champion. Sixth at 2013 World Championships
Half Mar pb: 64:10 -11 (64:36 -15). 10,000 pb: 29:17.8 -10 (29:20.06 -13). 1 South American XC 2011; 1 Pan-Am Games 2011; 1 South American 10,000 2013.
Former dustbin man. Coach-Clodoaldo do Carmo (1992 Olympic steeplechase finalist)
Marathons (12): 1 Porto Alegre 2010, 4 Padua 2011, 1 Pan-American Games 2011, 18 London 2012, 1 São Paulo 2012, 7 Valencia 2012, 12 Seoul 2013, 6
WCH 2013, 49 Otsu 2014, 10 Amsterdam 2014, 6 Milan 2015
In 2015: 1 São Paulo Half Mar; 1 Campinas Half Mar; 6 Milan; 3 Brazilian 10,000; 11 Bogotá Half Mar
273
LOPES Gilberto BRA
26y
83d
1989
2:16:39
2:16:39 -15
Full name-Gilberto Silvestre Lopes // Half Mar pb: 63:34 -11. 10,000 pb: 28:54.33 -12 (29:27.24 -15). 5000 pb: 13:49.67 -12 (14:17.78 -15). 1 South American
junior XC 2008. At WXC: 2008-63J, 201-72. 1 Brazilian XC 2012 & 10,000 2012
Marathons (2): 4 São Paulo 2014, 8 Milan 2015
In 2015: 2 Pan-American Cup XC; 8 Milan; 1 São Bernardo do Campo 5000/10,000; 3 Río de Janeiro 10,000; 5 Brazilian 10,000
277
SANTANA Edmilson BRA
28y
195d
1987
-
26y
85d
1989
2:07:20
2:17:14 -14
Full name-Edmilson dos Reis Santana // Half Mar pb: 65:30 -14
Marathons (5): 3 Río 2012, 5 Río 2013, 4 São Paulo 2013, 1 Rio 2014, 3 São Paulo 2014
283
DECHASA Shumi BRN
2:06:43 -14 NR
TRANSFEREE – Ethiopian origin. Acquired Bahraini citizenship on September 11, 2013 and cleared IAAF to compete for Bahrain from September 10, 2014
Full name-Shumi Dechasa Leche
Half Mar pb: 59:51 -12 (62:50 -15). 1 Arab Half Mar 2015
Marathons (7): 4 Hamburg 2012, 13 Amsterdam 2012, 2 Seoul 2013, 6 Dubai 2014, 1 Hamburg 2014, 4 Tokyo 2015
In 2015: 4 Tokyo; 1 Arab Half Mar
285
KHAMIS Adam Ismail BRN
26y
190d
1989
-
2:07:59 -11
TRANSFEREE – Kenyan origin. He was Isaiah (or Hosea) Kiplagat Kosgei KEN but then appeared in Bahraini youth & junior teams from 2005
10,000 pb: 28:02.08 -06. 5000 pb: 13:19.27 -07. dnf ht World Youth 2000SC 2005; 3 Asian indoor 3000 2006; ht WIC 3000 2006; 3 WJC 10,000 2006 (5 5000);
3 Asian Games 10,000 2006; ht WCH 5000 2007; 3 World Military Games 10,000 2007; ht OLY 5000 2008. At WXC: 2005-23J, 2006-17J, 2008-60
Marathons (12): 3 Utrecht 2009, 3 Cologne 2009, 12 Prague 2010, 1 Valencia 2011, dnf Milan 2012, 5 Hengshui 2012, 11 Chongqing 2013, 6 Lanzhou 2013,
dnf WCH 2013, 5 Singapore 2013, dnf Asian Games 2014, 6 Danzhou 2014. In February 2011 he was issued with a new Kenyan passport and began
competing under his Kenyan name Isaiah Kiplagat Kosgei (though he did not compete for any Kenyan team)
287
MAHBOOB Ali Hasan BRN
33y
233d
1981
-
2:12:38 -14
TRANSFEREE – Formerly: Silas Kirui KEN
Winner of Asian titles at 5000m, 10,000m & Marathon
10,000 pb: 27:21.40 -12. 5000 pb: 13:18.98 -08. Half Mar pb: 61:07 -05 (67:28 -15). 1 Asian Games 10,000 2006; 18 OLY 10,000 2008 (2012-dnf); 1 Asian
Champs 10,000 2009/2011; 1 Asian Games 5000 2010. At WXC: 2008-dnf, 2010-6, 2011-9; 4 Asian XC 2012. Paced 2005 London Marathon. He was entered
for the 2007, 2009 & 2013 World 10,000m, but did not start, in 2011 he did start but didn’t finish, as was the case again in London 2012
Marathons (1): 1 Asian Games 2014
In 2015: 2 Arab Half Mar
331
GUAN Siyang CHN
24y
144d
1991
2:16:24
2:16:24 -15
10,000 pb: 29:55.03 -15. 5000 pb: 14:17.39 -11 (14:37.35 -15)
Marathon (1): 10 Chongqing 2015
In 2015: 10 Chongqing Marathon; 1 Tianjin 5000; 18 Jinan 5000 (24 10,000); 7 Taiyuan 10,000; 7 Chinese Grand Prix Final 10,000 ‘B’ (9 5000 ‘B’)
336
MUHAN Hasi CHN
25y
267d
1989
2:14:26
2:14:26 -15
10,000 pb: 30:17.36 -15. 5000 pb: 14:17.90 -15. From Xinjiang Province
Marathons (4): 50 Beijing 2009, 21 Dalian 2011, 19 Yingkou 2013, 18 Hengshui 2014, 5 Chongqing 2015
In 2015: 5 Chongqing; 22 Jinan 10,000 (11 5000 ‘B’); dnf Taiyuan 10,000 ‘B’; 2 Chinese Grand Prix Final 5000 ‘B’ (12 10,000)
348
XU Wang CHN
24y
258d
1990
2:16:03
2:15:35 -12
Half Mar pb: 64:18 -13. 10,000 pb: 29:45.97 -14 (29:49.82 -15). 5000 pb: 14:12.27 -14 (14:17.05 -15). 46 World University XC 2010. From-Liaoning Province
Marathons (7): 16 Dalian 2011, 21 Beijing 2011, 10 Beijing 2012, 10 Yingkou 2013, 11 Xiamen 2014, 10 Chongqing 2014, 9 Chongqing 2015
In 2015: 11 Chinese XC (12 short course); 9 Chongqing; 10 Jinan 10,000 (11 5000); 8 Chinese Grand Prix Final 5000/10,000
381
PÉREZ Richer CUB
29y
182d
1986
2015 Pan-American Games Champion // Half Mar pb: 64:46 -12. 10,000 pb: 29:57.6 -14. 1 Havana Half Mar 2012/2013
Marathons (3): 1 Panama City 2011, 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014, 1 Pan-Am Games 2015
In 2015: 1 Havana Barrientos 10,000; 1 Pan-Am Games Marathon
2:17:04
2:17:04 -15
419
BEYENE Beraki ERI
35y
196d
1980
2:16:43
2:08:27 -14
Full name-Beraki Beyene Zerea]
Eleventh in 2011 World Championsjips, 7th in 2013
Marathons (14): 7 Cologne, 13 Dubai 2009, 3 Hamburg 2010, 9 Toronto 2010, dnf Dubai 2011, 17 WCH 2011, dnf Seoul 2013, 4 Chongqing 2012, 4 Hengshui
2012, 11 WCH 2013, 2 Shangai 2013, 1 Santiago de Chile 2014, 2 Hengshui 2014, 7 Vienna 2015
In 2015: 7 Vienna
420
GHEBRESLASSIE Ghirmay ERI
19y
280d
1995
2:07:47
2:07:47 -15
Paced the 2014 Chicago Marathon to 35K as required (2:04 tempo), then went on to finish in 2:09:08, his début (while still a junior)
Half Mar pb: 60:09 -13 (61:39 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:33.37 -12. 5000 pb: 13:40.17 -12. 7 World Half Mar 2014 (team gold). At WXC: 2013-7J. He went against his
parent’s wishes to become an international runner rather than attending university
Marathons (2): 6 Chicago 2014, 2 Hamburg 2015
In 2015: 3 Massawa Half Mar; 2 Hamburg
423
MESEL Amanuel ERI
24y
235d
1990
2:08:18
2:08:17 -14
2010 World Half Marathon team silver // Half Mar pb: 60:10 -13 (60:26 -15). 5000 pb: 13:16.25 -11. 10,000 pb: 28:29.24 -06.11 African Games 5000 2007; 8
African Champs 5000 2010; 13 World Half Mar 2010; ht OLY 5000 2012. At WXC: 2007-16J, 2008-9J, 2011-24
Marathons (5): 6 Prague 2013, 2 Valencia 2013, dnf London 2014, 5 Valencia 2014, 4 Warsaw 2015 (where he missed his pb by one second)
In 2015: 6 Prague Half Mar; 4 Warsaw
430
CASTILLEJO Carles ESP
37y
3d
1978
2:12:03
2:10:09 -11
Full name-Carles Castillejo Salvador
Fifth in the 2010 & 2012 European 10,000m
Half Mar pb: 61:18 -13 (63:47 -15). 10,000 pb: 27:39.79 -08. 5000 pb: 13:11.50 -09. 3000 pb: 7:42.02 -04. 2 ECP 3000 2003; 4 WSG 5000 2003; ht OLY 5000
2004; 6 WSG 10,000 2005; 2 ECP 5000/10,000 2008; 23 OLY 10,000 2008; 2 ETCh 5000 2009; 15 WCH 10,000 2009; 5 ECH 10,000 2010/2012; 3 ECP
10,000 2012. 1 Spanish 5000 2004, 10,000 2009/2013 & XC 2012. At WXC: 2004-57 long, 2005-26 long, 2006-29 long, 2007-68, 2008-64, 2009-26, 2010-31,
2011-31, 2013-27. At EXC: 2006-10, 2007-14, 2008-34, 2009-35, 2012-5. Coach-Juan Ramón Munoz
Marathons (4): 1 Castellón 2011, 24 OLY 2012, 1 San Sebastian 2013, 5 Barcelona 2015
In 2015: 5 Granollers Half Mar; 5 Barcelona; 1 Spanish Half Mar; 1 Barcelona 5000
437
GUERRA Javier ESP
31y
284d
1983
2:09:33
2:09:33 -15
Full name-Javier Guerra Polo
First European finisher in 2013 World Championship Marathon, then fourth iat 2014 European Championships
Half Mar pb: 62:22 -15. 5000 pb: 13:46.12 -07. 10,000 pb: 28:53.03 -09. 15 WJC 5000 2002; 7 WSG 5000 2009 (2007-12); 38 World Half Mar 2014. At WXC:
2001-89J, 2002-44J, 2005-dnf long, 2010-78. At EXC: 2001-9J, 2002-18J, 2005-45, 2008-15, 2009-30, 2010-40, 2011-5, 2012-8, 2013-42. Coach-Antonio
Serrano
Marathons (4): 1 La Coruña 2013, 15 WCH 2013, 4 ECH 2014, 7 London 2015 (first non-African)
In 2015: 2 Granollers Half Mar; 6 Spanish XC; 8 Azpeitia Half Mar; 7 London
447
FOSTI Roman EST
32y
76d
1983
2:20:25
2:17:54 -14
Half Mar pb: 64:42 -15. 1500 pb: 3:46.18 -11. 800 pb: 1:49.07 -05. sf WJC 800 2002; ht EIC 1500 2011; 73 World Half Mar 2014. At WXC: 2005-132 short. 1
Estonian 800 2004/2009 (1 indoor 2011); 1 Estonian 1500 2002 (1 indoor 800 2011 & 1500 2005); 1 Estonian 5000/10,000/Half Mar 2014 (1 Half Mar 2015)
Marathons (5): 27 Paris 2013, 6 Tallinn 2013, 13 Seville 2014, 18 ECH 2014, 10 Tiberias 2015
In 2015: 10 Tiberias; 3 Estonian indoor 3000; 16 Ostia Half Mar; 1 Estonian Half Mar; 2 Viljandi 10,000
461
DESISA Lelisa ETH
25y
219d
1990
2:05:52
2:04:45 -13
Full name-Lelisa Desisa Benti
2013 World silver after close battle with Stephen Kiprotich. Twice Boston winner, the first in tragic circumstances
Half Mar pb: 59:30 -11. 10,000 pb: 27:11.98 -02. 5000 pb: 13:22.91 -12. 1 African junior 10,000 2009; 7 World Half Mar 2010; 1 African Games Half Mar 2011
Marathons (7): 1 Dubai 2013, 1 Boston 2013 (gave his winner’s medal to the city as a mark of respect in view of the terrorist bombings, saying “sport should
never be used as a battleground”), 2 WCH 2013, dnf Boston 2014, 2 New York 2014, 2 Dubai 2015, 1 Boston 2015
In 2015: 2 Dubai; 1 Boston (won by 31 seconds)
468
LEMI Berhanu ETH
20y
342d
1994
2:05:28
2:05:28 -15
2:06:00
2:04:52 -13
Full name appears to be Hayle Lemi Berhanu, his passport says: Family name: Hayle; given name: Lemi Berhanu
Born-Hasasa (Ethiopia)
Marathons (5): 4 Kampala 2013, 1 Zurich 2014, 1 Taiyuan 2014, 1 Dubai 2015, 1 Warsaw 2015
In 2015: 1 Dubai; 1 Warsaw
470
NEGESSE Endeshaw ETH
27y
160d
1988
Full name-Endeshaw Negesse Shumi // Marathons (7): 6 Rome 2012, 1 Florence 2012, 4 Dubai 2013, dnf Xiamen 2014, 2 Düsseldorf 2014, 4 Shanghai 2014,
1 Tokyo 2015
In 2015: 1 Tokyo
474
TSEGAY Yemane ETH
30y
135d
1985
2:09:48
2:04:48 -12
Full name-Yemane Tsegay Adhane
Fourth at 2009 World Championships, then 8th in 2013
5 Ethiopian 20K 2007
Marathons (23): 3 Casablanca 2008, 1 Macau 2008, 2 Marrakech 2009, 4 Paris 2009, 4 WCH 2009, 1 Gyeongju 2009, 1 Otsu 2010, 2 Prague 2010, 4 Berlin
2010, 9 Tokyo 2011, 8 Prague 2011, 3 Seoul 2011, 1 Taipei 2011, 10 Dubai 2012, 1 Rotterdam 2012, dnf Frankfurt 2012, 8 WCH 2013, 1 Eindhoven 2013, 2
Taipei 2013, 1 Daegu 2014, 1 Ottawa 2014, 5 Honolulu HI 2014, 2 Boston 2015
In 2015: 2 Boston
480
MANNINEN Henri FIN
30y
230d
1985
-
2:16:43 -14
Half Mar pb: 64:13 -12 (66:05 -15). 10,000 pb: 29:32.20 -13. 5000 pb: 14:10.00 -11. 13 EJC 10,000 2003. At EXC: 2004-64J, 2007-dnfu23. 1 Finnish under-23
5000 2007
Marathons (5): 10 Florence 2009, 9 Florence 2012, 9 Florence 2013, 17 Hamburg 2014, 17 Berlin 2014
In 2015: 4 Finnish indoor 3000; 20 The Hague Half Mar; 2 Finnish 10,000
597
MORADI Mohammad Jaafar IRI
25y
121d
1990
2:17:41
2:17:41 -15
Iranian record holder // 10,000 pb: 30:21.77 -14 (30:42.11 -15). 9 WSG Half Mar 2015 (dnf 10,000). Student of Sports Management at Islamic Azad University,
Tehran
Marathons (2): 28 Dubai 2015, 2 Stockholm 2015
In 2015: 28 Dubai; 1 Tehran 10,000; 2 Stockholm
614
MEUCCI Daniele ITA
29y
318d
1985
2:11:10
2:11:08 -14
Italian Men’s Team Captain in Beijing 2015
2014 European Marathon Champion
10,000 pb: 27:32.86 -12. Half Mar pb: 61:06 -13. 5000 pb: 13:19.00 -12 (13:36.83 -14). 3000 pb: 7:41.74 -12. dnf WJC 10,000 2004; 10 ECH 10,000 2006; 3
under-23 ECH 10,000 2007; 3 ETCh 3000 2009 (2013-9); ht WCH 5000 2009; 18 World Half Mar 2009; 5 ETCh 5000 2010; 3 ECH 10,000 2010 (6 5000); 7
IAAF Continental Cup 3000 2010; 2 ECH 10,000 2012 (5 5000); 24 OLY 10,000 2012 (ht 5000); 19 WCH 10,000 2013; 27 World Half Mar 2014; 6 ECH 10,000
2014. 1 Italian 5000 2007 10,000 2006/2007 (1 5000 2008). 1 Italian indoor 3000 2008/2009. At WXC: 2008-99. At EXC: 2004-48J, 2008-12, 2009-9, 2012-3,
2013-dnf. Born-Pisa. Coach-Luigi Principato. He is a graduate in Automatic Engineering from the University of Pisa, having prepared a thesis on robotics
Marathons (4): 11 Rome 2010, 10 New York 2013, 1 ECH 2014, 2 Otsu 2015
In 2015: 3 San Giorgio su Legnano XC; 2 Otsu; 7 Chia 10K; 1 Prato 10K; 5 Atlanta 10K
615
PERTILE Ruggero ITA
41y
13d
1974
2:15:40
2:09:53 -09
Fourth at 2010 European Championships, then seventh in 204 // Half Mar pb: 62:17 -07 (66:53 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:56.63 -05. 1 Mediterranean Games Half Mar
2013 At EXC: 2011-43. Born-Padua. Coach-Massimo Magnani
Marathons (24): 12 Venice 99, 21 Padua 2000, dnf Florence 2001, 5 Milan 2002, 4 Padua 2003, 23 WCH 2003, 1 Rome 2004, 3 Carpi 2004, 8 Otsu 2005, 35
WCH 2005, 1 Padua 2006, dnf ECH 2006, 7 Boston 2007, 6 New York 2007, dnf Beppu-Oita 2008, 15 OLY 2008, 2 Turin 2009, 4 ECH 2010, 1 Turin 2010, 2
Milan 2011, 8 WCH 2011, 12 Otsu 2011, 10 OLY 2012, 1 Palmanova 2013, 7 ECH 2014, 5 Rome 2015
In 2015: 2 Santa Margherita Ligure Half Mar; 5 Rome; 1 Chia Half Mar; 3 Jesolo Half Mar
649
FUJIWARA Masakazu JPN
34y
168d
1981
-
2:08:12 -03
2:08:12 for marathon in 2003 at age 22, then he did not run another 2:08 for 10 years ... he competes for the Honda corporation
Half Mar pb: 62:23 -04 (63:51 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:17.38 -00. 5000 pb: 13:53.77 -03. Half Mar pb: 63:40 -01. 1 WSG Half Mar 2001. At WXC: 2000-14J. CoachSatoshi Ogawa
In 2010 he became the first Japanese man to win the Toyko Marathon
Marathons (9): 3 Otsu 2003, 9 Otsu2008, 1 Tokyo 2010, 9 Berlin 2010, 31 Tokyo 2012, 10 Berlin 2012, 4 Otsu 2013, 14 WCH 2013, 4 Fukuoka 2014
In 2015: 11 Lisbon Half Mar; 5 Sendai Half Mar; 12 Utica ‘Boilermaker’ 15K
663
MAEDA Kazuhiro JPN
34y
124d
1981
2:11:46
2:08:00 -13
Half Mar pb: 62:08 -07. 10,000 pb: 27:55.17 -07. 5000 pb: 13:25.24 -08. ht WJC 5000 2000; 4 Asian Games 5000 2006; 17 WCH 10,000 2007; 30 World Half
Mar 2007. At WXC: 2006-60 short
Marathons (11): 2 Tokyo 2009, 39 WCH 2009, 2 Oita 2011, 6 Fukuoka 2011, 6 Tokyo 2012, 15 Amsterdam 2012, 4 Tokyo 2013, 17 WCH 2013, 11 Oita 2014,
16 Berlin 2014, 4 Otsu 2015
In 2015: 4 Otsu Marathon
677
KRASSILOV Mihail KAZ
25y
169d
1990
2:22:58
2:16:08 -13
Half Mar pb: 69:00 -15. 66 World Half Mar 2010; 28 WSG Half Mar 2013. Was at Kazakh Acacdemy of Sport and Tourism
Marathon (1): 18 Amsterdam 2012, 50 WCH 2013, 10 Vienna 2015
In 2015: 3 Kazakh winter Half Mar; 10 Vienna
31y 211d 1984
2:05:50
2:02:57 -14 NR
World record holder at Marathon and 25K
His marathon world record of 2:02:57 has a record 61:12 second half and every 5Km section was covered in 14:45 or quicker
Half Mar pb: 59:14 -12. 1 Berlin 25K 2012 (world record 1:11:18). For most of his childhood, he worked on his family’s farm in Kapngtuny rather than go to
school. He started training seriously in 2008 and was discovered running alone by Geoffrey Mutai and his squad. Emerged competitively in September 2011 to
win a Half Marathon in Nyahururu (east Kenya), the November 2011 to win the Nairobi Half Marathon in 61:30 under the name “Dennis Kipruto Koech”. WifeCaroline Chepkorir Kimetto. Their son Alpha born August 19, 2012
Marathons (5): 2 Berlin 2012 (world début best 2:04:16 closed behind Geoffrey Mutai), 1 Tokyo 2013; dnf Boston 2014, 1 Berlin 2014 (world record 2:02:57, he
thought would the break the record at 30K), 5 London 2015. Also paced London 2013
In 2015: 3 London. Speaking about his son, Alpha Kibet, he said, “It is my hope than one day he will also break the world record, who knows”
684
KIMETTO Dennis KEN
688
KIPSANG Wilson KEN
33y
159d
1982
2:04:47
2:03:23 -13
Full name-Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (he’ll probably have ‘Kiprotich’ on his bib here)
Former world Marathon record holder. Twice London Marathon Champion and course record holder
Half Mar pb: 58:59 -09 (61:23 -15). 10K pb: 27:32 -08. 10,000 pb: 28:37.0 -07. 4 World Half Mar 2009. He was working as a travelling salesman of farm produce
in 2000-2003 and doing more cycling than running, then at 21 was inspired to take up running seriously after hearing about Paul Tergat’s 2003 world record
marathon. Wife-Doreen Jepkechei Chebii, their three sons Bethwel (9), David (6) & Arien (5)
Marathons (12): 3 Paris 2010, 1 Frankfurt 2010, 1 Otsu 2011, 1 Frankfurt 2011, 1 London 2012, 3 OLY 2012, 1 Honolulu 2012, 5 London 2013, 1 Berlin 2013,
1 London 2014, 1 New York 2014, 2 London 2015
In 2015: 1 Granollers Half Mar; 2 London; 4 ‘Great’ Manchester 10K; 4 New York 10K; 2 Zwolle Half Mar; 5 Olomouc Half Mar
695
KORIR Mark KEN
30y
223d
1985
2:05:49
2:05:49 -15
This is his first championship appearance
2015 Paris Marathon winner
10,000 pb: 29:09.25 -06. 5000 pb: 13:57.87i -08. 19 NCAA XC 2007 (2006-22); 4 NCAA indoor 5000 2008; 1 Río Half Mar 2011. Born-Eldoret, was at the
University of Wyoming in 2004-2008.
Marathons (4): 2 Seoul 2013, 7 Seoul 2014, 5 Shanghai 2014, 1 Paris 2015
In 2015: 2 Paris Half Mar; 1 Paris Marathon (2:05:49 – “I didn’t expect to win at all, and I did not expect such a great time”)
710
NOH Si-Hwan KOR
22y
348d
1992
2:12:51
2:12:51 -15
23y
217d
1992
2:13:10
2:13:10 -15
24y
52d
1991
-
2:16:21 -14
2:12:00
2:07:43 -12
Marathons (4): 10 Seoul November 2013; 4 Gunsan 2014, 13 Asian Games 2013, 5 Gunsan 2015
In 2015: 5 Gunsan
711
YU Seung-Yeop KOR
3 East Asian Games 5000 2013
Marathons (2): 2 Korean National Games 2014, 14 Seoul March 2015
In 2015: 14 Seoul
724
RAMONENE Tsepo LES
At WXC: 2011-85. 16 African Games Half Mar 2011
Marathons (6): 4 Gaborone 2012, 85 OLY 2012, 12 Gaborone 2013, dnf WCH 2013, 12 COM 2014, 5 Mossel Bay 2014
In 2015: 1 Durban Half Mar
729
ANNANI Adil MAR
35y
51d
1980
Performed way above expectations to bring his pb down from 2:10:15 to 2:07:43 and place fourth at the 2012 London Marathon
Half Mar pb: 61:31 -12
From-Marrakech
Marathons (11): 3 Marrakech 2008, 1 Casablanca 2008, 1 Oita 2009, 7 WCH 2009, 8 Dubai 2011, dnf WCH 2011, 4 London 2012, dnf London 2013, 10 Boston
2014, dnf Tokyo 2015, 4 Rabat 2015
In 2015: dnf Tokyo; 4 Rabat
739
KISRI Rachid MAR
40y
173d
1975
-
2:06:48 -09
Seven years of marathon running no quicker than 2:10:33, then he improved to 2:06:48 in Paris 2009 at age 34
Half Mar pb: 61:52 -11 (64:34 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:40.04 -11. 5000 pb: 13:50.32 -11. 13 World Half Mar 2009
Marathons (36): 4 Bari 2002, 1 Marengo 2003, 5 Reggio Emilia 2003, 7 Treviso 2004, 1 Bergamo 2004, 1 Rimini 2004, 2 Reggio Emilia 2004, 5 Treviso 2005, 2
Pisa 2005, 2 Ravenna 2005, 1 Francophone Games 2005, 1 Treviso 2006, 9 Florence 2006, dnf Treviso 2007, 5 Beppu-Oita 2007, 44 WCH 2007, 3 Shanghai
2007, 2 Beppu-Oita 2008, 4 Beijing 2008, 4 Milan 2008, 3 Xiamen 2009, 5 Paris 2009, 26 WCH 2009, 4 Beijing 2009, 7 Tokyo 2010, dnf Xiamen 2011, 4
Prague 2011, 11 WCH 2011, 10 Rotterdam 2012, 18 OLY 2012, 9 Hong Kong 2013, 1 Copenhagen 2013, 7 Xiamen 2014, 9 Seoul 2014, 6 Ottawa 2014, 4
Ottawa 2015
In 2015: 7 San Sebastián XC; 14 Marrakech Half Mar
746
PRODIUS Roman MDA
34y
131d
1981
2:20:07
2:12:31 -10
Half Mar pb: 64:24 -10. At EXC: 2005-79. 1 Moldovan 5000 2009 & 10,000 2006
Marathons (14): 2 Novi Sad 2006, 4 Bucharest 2008, 4 Kavarna 2009, 3 Podgorica 2009, 5 Limassol 2010, dnf Linz 2010, 2 Mainz 2010, 5 Limassol 2010, 8
Porto 2011, 5 Mainz 2012, dnf OLY 2012, 5 Mainz 2013, 45 WCH 2013, 8 Vienna 2015
In 2015: 1 Albufeira XC; 8 Vienna; 2 ETCh 3rd League
33y 318d 1981
2:10:15
2:08:50 -14 NR
Mongolia record holder at Marathon, Half Marathon, 10,000m & 5000m. Carried the Mongolian flag at the Opening Ceremony for London 2012
Half Mar pb: 64:16 -08. 5000 pb: 14:18.53 -11. 10,000 pb: 29:43.79 -09. 96 World Half Mar 2002; 9 Asian Champs 10,000 2009 (12 5000); 6 Asian Champs
10,000 2011 (9 5000)
Marathons (43): 19 Hong Kong 2003, 63 WCH 2003, 12 Hong Kong 2004, 75 OLY 2004, 61 WCH 2005, 27 Beijing 2006, 17 Asian Games 2006, 6 Zhengzhou
2007, 55 WCH 2007, 14 Beijing 2007, 9 Shanghai 2007, 5 Hong Kong 2008, 1 “Good Luck” Beijing 2008, 52 OLY 2008, 6 Hofu 2008, 29 WCH 2009, 7 Hofu
2009, 3 Hong Kong 2010, 6 Zhengzhou 2010, 1 Brighton 2010, 1 Ulan Bator 2010, 10 Berlin 2010, 1 Hofu 2010, 9 London 2011, 20 WCH 2011, 6 Beijing 2011,
1 Hofu 2011, 2 Beppu-Oita 2012, 4 Brighton 2012, 51 OLY 2012, 18 Oita 2013, 15 Hong Kong 2013, 11 Daegu 2013, 35 WCH 2013, 2 Osaka 2013, 4 Oita
2014, 2 Nagano 2014, 1 Ulan Bator 2014, 4 Asian Games 2014, 6 Osaka 2014, 3 Fukuoka 2014 (pb 2:08:50 in his sixth marathon of the year and on a tough
course), 3 Otsu 2015, 6 Hamburg 2015
In 2015: 8 Kumamoto 30K; 3 Otsu; 6 Hamburg
He was formerly based in the North East of England where his Mongolian wife’s sister is married to a local. One of the major attractions was the relative warmth
of winters there compared with Mongolia. Now he bases himself in Japan but he is a life member of Morpeth Harriers and holds their marathon club record (now
2:08:50) ahead of former internationals Ian Hudspith and Jim Alder
748
BAT-OCHIR Ser-Od MGL
787
VILLANUEVA Abel PER
Marathons (7): 16 Dalian 2011, 21 Beijing 2011, 10 Beijing 2012, 10 Yingkou
In 2015: 10 Daegu
820
PAK Chol PRK
33y
255d
1981
2:17:38
2:17:03 -13
2013, 11 Xiamen 2014, 10 Chongqing 2014, 9 Chongqing 2015
24y
286d
1990
2:16:09
2:12:26 -14
2 East Asian Games Half Mar 2009
Marathons (7): 15 Pyongyang 2011, 17 Pyongyang 2012, 5 Pyongyang 2013, 6 Macau 2013, 1 Pyongyang 2014, 5 Asian Games 2014, 20 Hong Kong 2015
In 2015: 20 Hong Kong
834
IONESCU Marius ROU
30y
245d
1984
2:13:19
2:13:19 -15
2003 European Junior Champion at 10,000m & silver at 5000m // Half Mar pb: 63:20 -10 (63:54 -14). 10,000 pb: 28:54.83 -10. 5000 pb: 13:54.21 -10. 3 under
-23 ECH 10,000 2005; 1 Balkan Games 5000 2005; ht EIC 3000 2007; 16 WSG 10,000 2007; 21 ECH 10,000 2010; 57 World Half Mar 2014. At WXC: 2003
-61J. At EXC: 2002-12J, 2003-5J, 2004-39, 2008-44. 1 Romanian 10,000 2004/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2014 (1 5000 2008/2009/2010, 1 10,000 2011). He
is a member of British club Altrincham & District AC
Marathons (8): 14 Rotterdam 2011, 13 WCH 2011 (he was the only male athlete from Romania at the entire championships), 26 OLY 2012, 5 Hamburg 2013,
26 WCH 2013, 1 Chester 2013, dnf ECH 2014, 1 Düsseldorf 2015
In 2015: 1 Düsseldorf
845
JANI Lukas RSA
31y
122d
1984
2:17:37
2:17:37 -15
Half Mar pb: 64:26 -14. 10,000 pb: 29:48.04 -13 (30:33.0 -15)
Marathons (2): 11 Cape Town 2014, 27 Dubai 2015
In 2015: 27 Dubai; 3 Irene (near Pretoria) 10K; 2 Paulpietersburg 10K; 2 Pretoria Half Mar; 18 South African 10K; 2 Gauteng North 10,000; 4 Warmbaths 28K;
23 Cape Town 12K
849
MOENG Benedict RSA
32y
208d
1983
-
2:10:21 -14
Full name-Thabiso Benedict Moeng // 10,000 pb: 29:40.86 -08. Half Mar pb: 63:13 -12 (63:28 -15). 57 World Half Mar 2007
52 World Half Mar 2007
Marathons (10): 9 Johannesburg 2007, 4 Soweto 2007, 8 Johannesburg 2008, 2 Durban 2010, 3 George 2011, 1 Mossel Bay 2011, 1 Mossel Bay 2012, 1
Oudtshoorn 2013, 2 Johannesburg 2013, 5 Xiamen 2014
In 2015: 6 Polokwane 10K; 10 Port Elizabeth Half Mar
850
MOKGOBU Desmond RSA
26y
270d
1988
2:15:17
2:15:17 -15
271d
1986
2:16:35
2:13:42 -13
Half Mar pb: 62:29 -12 (62:48 -15). At WXC: 2013-87
Marathon (4): 8 Johannesburg 2013, 7 Cape Town 2014, 5 Durban 2015, 3 Santiago de Chile 2015
In 2015: 1 Benoni Half Mar; 5 Durban; 3 Santiago de Chile; 1 Polokwane Half Mar
854
NZIMA Sibusiso RSA
28y
Half Mar pb: 62:10 -10 (63:47 -15). 5000 pb: 13:37.21 -11. 10,000 pb: 28:31.51 -11 (28:49.99 -15). 50 World Half Mar 2010. At WXC: 2009-94. 1 South African
10K 2008
Marathons (3): 6 Hamburg 2013, 42 WCH 2013, 3 Düsseldorf 2015
In 2015: 3 Sasolburg Half Mar; 4 Paulpietersburg Half Mar; 3 Durban 10K; 2 Sasolburg 3000; 1 Pretoria 10,000; 6 Cape Town Half Mar; 2 South African 10,000
(3 5000); 3 Düsseldorf; 2 Polokwane Half Mar; 3 Cape Town 5000; 11 Port Elizabeth Half Mar; 1 Polokwane Half Mar
875
REUNKOV Aleksey RUS
31y
205d
1984
2:10:10
2:09:54 -11
(Pronounced “Rey-un-kof”)
Ninth at London 2015 // Half Mar pb: 63:00 -08. 10,000 pb: 28:21.68 -10. 5000 pb: 13:43.83 -09. 2 EJC 10,000 2003; 4 WSG 10,000 2009. At WXC: 2003-46J.
At EXC: 2002-49J, 2003-3J, 2004-48, 20. 1 Russian junior 10,000 2002/2004. Twin brother of international runner Sergey Reunkov
Marathons (8): 9 Seville 2010, 10 Daegu 2011, 14 Frankfurt 2011, 14 OLY 2012, 13 Otsu 2013, 7 Vienna 2014, 3 ECH 2014, 9 London 2015
In 2015: 12 Ostia Half Mar; 9 London; 2 St Petersburg 10K
905
COORAY Anuradha SRI
37y
150d
1978
2:13:47
2:13:47 -15 NR
Full name-Anuradha Indrajith Cooray
Former South Asian Federation Games Champion, now a member of Vale of Aylesbury Athletic Club in Buckinghamshire (Great Britain)
Half Mar pb: 64:45 -15. 10,000 pb: 29:33.60 -00. 3 Asian XC 2001; 4 Asian Champs 10,000 2002; 54 World Half Mar 2005 (2014-75)
Former Sri Lankan international who has lived and worked in the UK since 2005, based-Wendover. Coach-Nick Taylor
Marathons (15): 1 Mahiyanganaya 2003, 4 Singapore 2003, 1 South Asian Federation Games 2004, 30 OLY 2004, 7 Singapore 2004, 27 London 2005, dnf
WCH 2005, 21 London 2009, 27 London 2011, 10 Pune 2011, 23 London 2012, 55 OLY 2012, 15 London 2013, 6 Asian Games 2014, 14 London 2015
In 2015: 14 London; 3 Hackney Half Mar; 1 Aylesbury 10K
31y 127d 1984
2:12:55 -12 NR
A refugee from Sudan’s civil war who was granted asylum in the United States as a teenager
10,000 pb: 30:02.19 -12. Lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, was at Iowa State University. As his native country (South Sudan) did not have an Olympic Committee, he
was allowed to compete as an individual in London 2012. He became a US citizen on February 22, 2013
Marathons (5): 5 Minneapolis to St Paul 2011, 6 San Diego 2012, 47 OLY 2012, 34 New York 2013, dnf Frankfurt 2014
This is South Sudan’s first appearance at a World Championships since they became the 213rd member of the IAAF in November 2014
906
MARIAL Guor SSD
910
ABRAHAM Tadesse SUI
33y
9d
1982
2:11:37
2:07:45 -13
Ex-Eritrea, has lived in Switzerland since March 30, 2004, gained Swiss citizenship on June 10, 2014 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for Switzerland from
July 19, 2014. In the process of his transfer it became clear that he was born in 1982 and not 1986 as he presented when he competed as a junior for Eritrea at
the World Cross Country Championships in 2003 and 2004. He has therefore been disqualified from those events for age manipulation
Half Mar pb: 60:42. 10,000 pb: 28:41.37 -15. At WXC: 2003-dqJ (originally 16th), 2004-J (originally 58th). 1 Swiss 10,000 2014.
Marathons (10): 1 Zürich 2009, 2 Gongju 2009, 3 Otsu 2010, 7 Berlin 2010, 5 Toronto 2011, 7 Daegu 2012, 1 Zürich 2013, 7 Honolulu 2013, 9 ECH 2014, 10
Seoul 2015
In 2015: 1 Barcelona Half Mar; 10 Seoul; 6 Lucerne 8.71K; 1 Berne 10M; 5 Ottawa 10K; 5 Canadian 10K; 4 ECP 10,000; 5 ETCh 1st League 5000; 1 Oberägeri
14.5K
920
NILSSON David SWE
28y
127d
1987
2:17:19
2:17:19 -15
10,000 pb: 29:06.79 -15. 5000 pb: 13:57.50 -15. 13 European Youth 2000SC 2003; 12 WSG 10,000 2013 (26 Half Mar). Was at Jacksonville State University.
Coach/father-Carl-Gustaf Nilsson
Older sister Ida Nilsson was 2005 US Collegiate Champion at 3000m Steeplechase in 2004 & indoor 5000 in 2005; older sister Johanna won US Collegiate
titles indoors & out before her death in 1983; Younger brother Marcus is an 8104 point decathlete and was 2010 world junior bronze medallist. Their parents
were distance runners
Marathons (8): 10 Stockholm 2011, 11 Castellon 2011, 9 Stockholm 2012, 4 Pisa 2012, 11 Stockholm 2013, 11 Stockholm 2014, dnf ECH 2014, 16 Rotterdam
2015
In 2015: 5 Swedish indoor 1500; 3 Manchester ‘Trafford’ 10K; 12 Venlo Half Mar; 16 Rotterdam Marathon; 13 ‘Great’ Manchester 10K; 5 English 10,000; 10
Oordegem IFAM 5000 ‘B’; dnf Florø 3000
925
JAFARY Ezekiel TAN
30y
4d
1985
2:14:05 -14
Full name-Ezekiel Jafary (aka Jafari) Ngimba // Half Mar pb: 60:41 -09. 10,000 pb: 27:39.92 -09. 5000 pb: 13:24.39 -09. 19 World Half Mar 2007; 21 WCH
10,000 2009
Marathons (2): 10 Lanzhou 2012, 10 Seoul 2014
926
JOSEPH Fabiano TAN
29y
240d
1985
-
2:13:24 -06
Full name-Fabiano Jospeh Naasi
2005 World Half Marathon Champion at age 19 ... carried Tanazanian flag at Opening Ceremony of 2008 Olympics, when he went on to place ninth in the
10,000m
5000 pb: 13:12.76 -06. 10,000 pb: 27:19.72 -08. Half Mar pb: 59:56 -08. 13 WCH 10,000 2003/2009; 2 WJC 10,000 2004 (6 5000); 10 OLY 10,000 2004 (ht
5000); 1 World Half Mar 2005 (2003/2004-2, 2007-11, 2009-15); 15 WCH 5000 2005; 3 COM 10,000 2006 (5 5000); 9 OLY 10,000 2008. 1 AAA 10,000 2003.
At WXC: 2003-19 long, 2004-7 long, 2010-29
Marathons (4): dnf Seoul 2005, 10 Amsterdam 2006, dnf Prague 2012, 11 COM 2014. Has paced marathons in Amsterdam, Dubai, Fukuoka & London
In 2015: 2 São Sebastião 10K
928
SIMBU Alphonce TAN
23y
188d
1992
2:12:01
2:12:01 -15
Full name-Alphonce Felix Simbu // Half Mar pb: 62:58 -13. 10,000 pb: 29:58.20 -08. 8 African Games 10,000 2011. At WXC: 2015-48
Marathon (1): 6 Gold Coast 2015
In 2015: 48 WXC
934
HO Chin-Ping TPE
31y
302d
1983
2:17:42
2:17:42 -15
2013 Taipei Marathon winner // 10,000 pb: 29:29.48 -08. 5000 pb: 14:21.41 -08. 3000SC pb: 8:59.01 -10. 7 Asian Indoor Games 3000 2009; 9 Asian Champs
3000SC 2009 (10 5000); 9 Asian Games 3000SC 2010 (11 10,000, 13 5000)
Marathons (17): 2 Yunlin 2007, 2 Kinmen 2008, 8 Taipei 2008, 19 Xiamen 2009, 8 Taipei 2009, 1 Kinmen 2010, 13 Xiamen 2012, 46 Otsu 2012, 7 Gold Coast
2012, 3 Kasugai 2013, 3 Kinmen 2013, 13 Pyongyang 2013, 1 Taipei 2013, 4 Taipei 2013, 60 Otsu 2014, 19 Pyongyang 2014, 25 Otsu 2015
In 2015: 1 Taipei Half Mar; 25 Otsu
952
HOSNI Wissem TUN
30y
166d
1985
-
2:16:35 -12
2:16:06
2:13:21 -12
Half Mar pb: 62:07 -11. 22 World Half Mar 2010 (2012-40, 2014-32). At WXC: 2010-110, 2011-60, 2013-72. 1 North African XC 2008
Marathons (4): 12 Valencia 2011, 10 Milan 2012, 71 OLY 2012, dnf WCH 2013
In 2015: 5 San Sebastián XC
959
KARAYEL Bekir TUR
33y
103d
1982
Former Turkish half marathon record holder // Half Mar pb: 62:48 -14. 10,000 pb: 30:00.88 -11. 43 World Half Mar 2015. At EXC: 2004-85, 2005-82, 2010-60
Marathons (12): 13 Istanbul 2006, 27 Hamburg 2008, 9 Istanbul 2008, 11 Istanbul 2009, 5 Istanbul 2010, 7 Düsseldorf 2011, 46 WCH 2011, 16 London 2012,
76 OLY 2012, 5 Istanbul 2013, 13 Istanbul 2014, 19 London 2015
In 2015: 19 London
967
KIPLIMO Abraham UGA
26y
129d
1989
2:09:23
2:09:23 -14
Won 2014 Beppu-Oita in 2:09:23, a personal best by more than four minutes. Training partner of Stephen Kiprotich (1 OLY 2012)
Half Mar pb: 61:55 -14 (62:27 -15). 10,000 pb: 27:49.76 -12. 5000 pb: 13:10.40 -11. 11 World Youth 3000 2005; 7 WJC 5000 2008; 9 African Champs 5000
2010; ht WCH 5000 2011; ht OLY 5000 2012. At WXC: 2008-13J
Marathon (5) 11 Rotterdam 2013, 19 WCH 2013, 1 Oita 2014, 3 COM 2014, 4 Oita 2015
In 2015: 4 Oita; 5 Hamburg Half Mar
968
KIPROP Jackson UGA
28y
305d
1986
2:13:06
2:09:32 -13
Tenth at 2013 World Championships // Half Mar pb: 61:27 -12 (63:10 -15). 7 World Half Mar 2012 (2009-33)
Marathons (4): 1 Mumbai 2013, 10 WCH 2013, 7 New York 2013, 5 Enschede 2015
In 2015: 1 Ribarroja Half Mar; 5 Enschede; 8 Gothenburg Half Mar
969
26y 125d 1989
2:06:33
2:06:33 -15 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
In London 2012 became Uganda’s second Olympic athletics champion, after John Aki-Bua 40 years earlier
5000 pb: 13:23.70 -08. 10,000 pb: 27:58.03 -10. 3000SC pb: 8:26.66 -10. ht WCH 5000 2007; 5 WJC 10,000 2008; 6 African Champs 10,000 2010; 2 African
XC 2011. At WXC: 2006-24J, 2007-19J, 2008-12J, 2009-23, 2011-6. 1 UK 10,000 2010; 1 ‘Great’ North 10K 2014. Born-Uganda, he says he moved to Kenya
(Eldoret) to train with former World 5000m Champion Eliud Kipchoge because of a lack of training partners in Uganda . Wife-Patricia, their daughters Esther (7)
& Elizabeth (2) and son Maxwell (4). Coach-Patrick Sang (2 OLY 3000SC 1992)
Marathons (10): 1 Enschede 2011, 9 WCH 2011, 3 Tokyo 2012, 1 OLY 2012, 6 London 2013, 1 WCH 2013, 12 New York 2013, 12 London 2014, 5 New York
2014, 2 Tokyo 2015 (pb)
In 2015: 2 Tokyo; 10 Olomouc Half Mar
KIPROTICH Stephen UGA
972
MUTAI Solomon UGA
22y
302d
1992
2:10:42
2:10:42 -15
32y
283d
1982
2:12:45
2:11:48 -12
Full name-Solomon Munyo Mutai
His apparent marathon début for fourth place at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Half Mar pb: 61:26 -12. 26 World Half Mar 2012; 1 Nairobi Half Mar 2013
Marathons (3): 4 COM 2014; 3 Danzhou 2014, 4 Hannover 2015
In 2015: 4 Hannover; 12 Bangalore 10K
974
BABARYKA Ivan UKR
His younger brother Oleksandr Babaryka is a 2:14:39 marathoner // Half Mar pb: 65:18 -07. 5000 pb: 14:15.33 -06. 10,000 pb: 29:37.83 -07 (30:36.38 -14)
Marathons (14): 1 Moscow 2007, 2 Mainz 2008, 2 Mainz 2009, 1 Moscow 2009, 1 Pyongyang 2010, 2 Moscow 2010, 1 Debno 2011, 2 Bila Tserkva 2011, 5
Barcelona 2012, 59 OLY 2012, 6 Lódz 2013, 3 Pyongyang 2014, 27 ECH 2014, 6 Lódz 2015
In 2015: 6 Lódz; 6 Sopot Half Mar; 1 Mainz Half Mar
975
BABARYKA Oleksandr UKR
31y
90d
1984
2:14:39
2:14:39 -15
His older brother Ivan Babaryka is a 2:11:48 marathoner // 10,000 pb: 29:53.20 -08 (30:29.60 -15)
Marathons (6): 1 Utrecht 2012, 4 Bila Tserkva 2012, 3 Bratislava 2013, 6 Bila Tserkva 2013, dnf Bila Tserkva 2014, 2 Debno 2015
In 2015: 2 Debno; 10 Ukrainian 10,000
999
BURRELL Ian USA
30y
187d
1985
-
2:13:26 -14
Half Mar pb: 62:51 -12 (64:55 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:23.17 -12. 28 World Half Mar 2012. At WXC: 2004-80J. Born-Colorado Springs, California. Was at University
of Georgia
Marathons (3): 15 Houston 2012 (US Olympic Trial), 7 Houston 2014, 4 Minneapolis to St. Paul 2014
In 2015: 16 US XC; 5 Tampa Half Mar; 26 US 15K; 6 Manitou Springs 10M
1014
EGGLESTON Jeff USA
30y
323d
1984
2:14:17
2:10:52 -14
Thirteenth in 2013 World Championship Marathon. Hired to pace the 2011 Pittsburgh Marathon, but went on to win it
10K pb: 28:34 -11. Half Mar pb: 62:41 -15
Graduate from University of Virginia. Based-Flagstaff, Arizona. Coach-Jack Daniels
Marathons (18): 6 Tempe 2010, 2 Minneapolis to St Paul 2010, 1 Pittsburgh 2011, 5 Duluth 2011, 38 WCH 2011, dnf Guadalajara 2011, 1 The Woodlands
2012, 2 Pittsburgh 2012, 8 San Diego 2012, 16 Chicago 2012, 17 Paris 2013, 13 WCH 2013, 14 New York 2013, 8 Boston 2014, 2 Brisbane 2014, dnf Fukuoka
2014, 12 Boston 2015, dnf Brisbane 2015
In 2015: 7 US Half Mar; 9 Coamo Half Mar; 17 New York Half Mar; 12 Boston; 19 ‘Bolder’ Boulder 10K; 3 Peoria ‘Steamboat Classic’ 4M; dnf Brisbane; 1
Chicago Half Mar
1057
SMITH Scott USA
29y
39d
1986
2:14:40
2:14:40 -15
Half Mar pb: 63:18 -12 (64:35 -15). 10,000 pb: 28:33.94 -12. 5000 pb: 13:49.38 -13 (14:28.10 -15). Was at the University of Santa Barbara
Marathons (3): 4 Sacramento 2014, 3 Minneapolis to St Paul 2014, 11 Los Angeles 2015
In 2015: 11 Los Angeles; 8 San Diego Half Mar; 3 Santa Barbara Road Mile (3:56); 13 Portland 5000 ‘B’; 6 Santa Cruz to Capitola 6M
1084
MUTANDIRO Gilbert ZIM
31y
136d
1984
2:17:34
2:15:38 -13
Marathons (12): 5 Soweto 2006, 10 Port Elizabeth 2007, 8 Cape Town 2008, 7 Cape Town 2009, 6 Harare 2011, 4 Cape Town 2011, 5 Zhengzhou 2012, 1
Cape Town 2012, 4 Gaborone 2013, 2 Bulawayo 2013, 3 Mossel Bay 2014, 1 Garabone 2015
In 2015: 1 Garabone; dnf Comrades Marathon
32y 338d 1982
2:09:52 -14 NR
Zimbabwean record holder at Marathon & 10,000m
Seventh at the 2012 Olympics
Half Mar pb: 60:26 -07. 5000 pb: 13:31.27 -07. 10,000 pb: 27:57.34 -07. 7 WJC 5000 2000; 15 World 20K 2006; 10 World Half Mar 2007; dnf OLY 10,000 2008.
At WXC: 2001-46J, 2003-43 long, 2004-56 short & 25 long, 2005-20 short & 16 long, 2007-22, 2008-27. 1 South African 20K 2006. Coach-Ben Chauke
Marathons (5): 10 Berlin 2009, 11 Boston 2010, 16 WCH 2011, 7 OLY 2012, 3 Prague 2014. Also paced London 2008 & Otsu 2009
1085
NYASANGO Cuthbert ZIM
1086
PASIPAMIRI Cephas ZIM
-
2:14:41 -14
Half Mar pb: 62:26 -07
Marathons (6): 2 Middelburg to Loskop Dam 2011, 4 Harare 2011, 9 Pyongyang 2013, 2 Mossel Bay 2013, 5 Pyongyang 2014, 8 Mossel Bay 2014
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....2:02:57....Dennis Kimetto KEN.................. 2014
2.....2:03:02a..Geoffrey Mutai KEN................... 2011
3.....2:03:06a..Moses Mosop KEN.................... 2011
4.....2:03:13....Emmanuel Mutai KEN................ 2014
5.....2:03:23....Wilson Kipsang KEN.................. 2013
6.....2:03:38....Patrick Makau KEN.................... 2011
7.....2:03:59....Haile Gebrselassie ETH............. 2008
8.....2:04:05....Eliud Kipchoge KEN...................2013
9.....2:04:23....Ayele Abshero ETH....................2012
=10.2:04:27....Duncan Kibet KEN..................... 2009
.......2:04:27....James Kwambai KEN................ 2009
(a = aided course - Boston 2011)
1.....2:04:42....Eliud Kipchoge KEN
2.....2:04:47....Wilson Kipsang KEN
3.....2:05:28....Hayle Lemi ETH
4.....2:05:49....Mark Korir KEN
5.....2:05:50....Dennis Kimetto KEN
6.....2:05:52....Lelisa Desisa ETH
7.....2:06:00....Endeshaw Negesse ETH
8.....2:06:06....Deriba Robi ETH
9.....2:06:11....Wilson Loyanai KEN
10...2:06:19....Moses Mosop KEN
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National Record
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Starts: Saturday, August 22
Age
153
BOUCHICHA Hicham ALG
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
26y
94d
1989
8:24.65
8:20.11 -13
22y
75d
1993
8:21.15
8:21.15 -15
8:31.08
8:25.96 -13
7 Mediterranean Games 2013; ht WCH 2013. At WXC: 2013-21
In 2015: 14 Rabat 1500; 3 Bilbao; 2 Amiens
161
TABTI Bilal ALG
4 Youth Olympic Games 2000SC 2010; 5 WJC 2012. 1 Algerian 2014
In 2015: 1 Biskra 3000; 1 Algiers; 1 Tourcoing (May 10); 1 Tourcoing (May 24); 6 Montbéliard; 1 Algiers 1500; 6 Bilbao
162
ZERRIFI Abdelhamid ALG
QBR
29y
62d
1986
1500 pb: 3:41.59 -14 (3:45.01 -15). dq ht WCH 2013 (ran inside border)
In 2015: 4 Cannes 10K; 1 Salon-de-Provence; 3 Bondoufle 1500; 3 Decines 1500; 7 Montbéliard; 14 Bilbao; 4 Amiens; 1 Bruay La Buissière; 10 Heusden
178
NIPPERESS James AUS
QBR
25y
92d
1990
8:34.81
8:34.64 -14
Twice Australian Steeplechase Champion // 1500 pb: 3:41.03 -10 (3:47.16 -15). 3000 pb: 7:56.42 -10 (8:12.54 -15). 5000 pb: 13:56.42 -13 (14:10.10 -15). 12
WSG 3000SC 2013; 9 COM 3000SC 2014. 1 Australian 3000SC 2013/2014 (2012-2). Physiotherapist from Sydney. Coach-Ken Green
In 2015: 8 Hobart 5000; 5 Australian World Cross Trial XC; 3 New South Wales 1500; 8 Sydney Classic 3000SC
223
D'HOEDT Jeroen BEL
QBR
25y
223d
1990
8:30.03
8:30.03 -15
(D’Hoedt pronounced “Doot”) ... 2009 European Junior Cross Country Champion, then fourth as senior in 2013
1500 pb: 3:36.07 -11 (3:42.58 -15). 3000 pb: 7:57.88 -10. 3 EJC 3000SC 2009; 5 under-23 ECH 2011. At EXC: 2007-33J, 2008-17J, 2009-1J, 2010-4u23, 2013
-4
He is one of a set of triplets, one of his brothers Sander was 10th in the 2009 Belgian Cross Country Championships which Jeroen won
In 2015: 7 Herentals 800; 2 Jambes 3000; 9 Hengelo 1500; 9 Dessau; 9 Montreuil 1500; 4 ETCh 1st League; 1 Nivelles 3000; 6 Heusden; 15 Stockholm
Diamond
282
CHERUTICH Nelson Kipkosgei BRN
QBR
22y
165d
1993
8:31.35
8:22.24 -12
TRANSFEREE – Formerly Kenyan, acquired Bahraini citizenship on February 13, 2013 and cleared by IAAF to compete for Bahrain from February 12, 2014.
He was previously better known as Nelson Kipkogei Cherutich
Half Mar pb: 63:11 -14. 10,000 pb: 30:08.71 -15. 4 Kenyan World Junior Championships Trial 2010
In 2015: 4 Arab; 3 Doha Emir Cup (6 10,000); 8 Prague Odložil; 1 Bydgoszcz; 7 Hérouville; 10 Székesfehérvár
286
KOECH John BRN
19y
363d
1995
8:14.75
8:14.75 -15
TRANSFEREE – Kenyan origin. Acquired Bahraini citizenship on September 15, 2013, cleared by IAAF to represent Bahrain from September 14, 2014. 2015
Asian Champion
Full name-John Kibet Koech
5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 4 Arab 2015; 1 Asian Champs 2015. 12 Kenyan junior 2012
In 2015: 4 Arab; 3 Beijing Challenge; 1 Asian Champs
22y
69d 1993
8:21.89
8:20.87 -14 NR
Bulgarian record holder. 2015 European under-23 Champion // 3000SC pb: 8:20.87 -14. 1500 pb: 3:42.34 -14. ht WJC 2012; ht WCH 3000SC 2013; 1 Balkan
2014/2015; 9 ECH 2014. At WXC: 2011-86J. At EXC: 2011-33J, 2012-2J, 2013-2u23, 2014-23u23. 1 Bulgarian 3000SC 2010/2011/2013/2014. He crossed the
line first at the 2013 European under-23 Championships, but was then disqualified for having stepped inside the track
At Huelva on June 12, 2014 with 8:20.87 he finally broke the Bulgarian Steeplechase record of 8:25.02 which had stood for 45 years to Mikhail Zhelev
In 2015: 3 Bulgarian 10,000; 1 Montgeron 3000; 1 Sofia 2000SC; 1 Dessau; 1 Bulgarian; 12 Rabat; 1 ETCh 2nd League 1500/3000SC; 1 under-23 ECH; 7
Heusden; 5 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Balkan
295
TSENOV Mitko BUL
311
GENEST Alex CAN
29y
52d
1986
8:24.84
8:19.33 -11
2013 World finalist. 2015 Pan-American Games silver // 6 World Youth 2003; ht WJC 2004; 4 WSG 2009; ht OLY 2012; 13 WCH 2013 (2011-ht); 2 Pan-Am
Games 2015. 1 Canadian 2011/2012. At WXC: 2005-76J, 2009-108, 2011-97. Father of two. Studied Kinesiology (human movement) at the University of
Sherbrooke. He collects fridge magnets. Coach-Dave Scott-Thomas
In 2015: 1 Tempe Mile; 3 Stanford Jordan; 5 Guelph; 11 Burnaby 1500; 7 Victoria 1500; 2 Canadian
26y
18d 1989
8:20.34
8:11.64 -13 NR
2015 Pan-American Games Champion. Sixth at 2013 World Championships
5000 pb: 13:19.56 -15. 1500 pb: 3:41.49 -15. 4 Pan-Am junior 2007; ht WJC 2008; 6 WCH 2013; 4 COM 2014; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games
2015. At WXC: 2007-81J, 2008-57J. 1 NCAA 2010/2011. 1 Canadian 2013/2014/2015. Has kept every one of his racing bibs
Terrific Moscow World Championships: pb down from 8:20.49 to 8:16.93 in heat then 8:11.64 in the final to break the Canadian record of 8:12.58 which has
stood to Graeme Fell (1 COM 1986) for 28 years. Coach-Wynn Gmitroski
In 2015: 4 Mt SAC Relays 1500; 6 Stanford Jordan 5000; 1 Eagle Rock Hoka; 10 Eugene Diamond; 5 Burnaby 1500; 1 Canadian; 1 Pan-Am Games
312
HUGHES Matt CAN
316
MILNE Taylor CAN
33y
341d
1981
8:19.90
8:19.90 -15
Former Canadian Champion at 1500m // 1500 pb: 3:36.00 -08. 2000 pb: 5:01.57 -11. ht OLY 1500 2008; 8 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010; ht COM 1500
2010; dq COM 2014 (he ran inside the kerb or line marking the applicable border). 1 Canadian 1500 2008. At WXC: 2006-116 short. Coach-Dave Scott-Thomas
In 2015: 1 High Point NC; 4 Stanford Jordan; 2 Eagle Rock Hoka; 1 Guelph 1500; 1 Burnaby; 3 Canadian; 2 Heusden; dq London Diamond (inside kerd/border
again)
QBR
26y 153d 1989
8:29.53
8:28.6 -13 NR
Full name-Gerald Nicolás Giraldo
2015 South American Champion at 3000m Steeplechase
1500 pb: 3:42.38 -15. 4 Central American & Caribbean Games 3000SC 2014; 5 Ibero-American 5000/3000SC 2014; 2 South American Games 3000SC 2014; 1
South American 3000SC 2015 (3 1500). 1 Colombian 1500/3000SC 2013
In 2015: 1 Santiago de Chile 3000SC (2 1500); 3 Mt SAC Relays 3000SC; 1 Stanford Jordan 3000SC ‘B’; 1 South American 3000SC (3 1500); 14 Pan-Am
Games 1500 (dnf 3000SC)
358
GIRALDO Gerard COL
403
ISMAIL IBRAHIM Mohamed DJI
17/18y
Djibouti record holder // 1500 pb: 3:37.08 -15. 3 Youth Olympic Games 1500 2014
In 2015: 5 Arab; 16 Bilbao; 4 Sollentuna; 3 Catalan; 1 Mataró 1500; 7 Stockholm Diamond; 5 Granollers
1997
8:24.58
8:24.58 -15
426
ALAIZ Roberto ESP
25y
32d
1990
8:19.85
8:19.85 -15
Fifth at 2014 European Championship 5000m // 3000 pb: 7:48.82 -15. 5000 pb: 13:38.89 -14. 10,000 pb: 28:27.76 -14. 1500 pb: 3:41.06 -13 (3:44.28 -15). 12
EJC 2009; 5 under-23 ECH 5000 2011; 7 EIC 3000 2013; ht WCH 2013; 5 ECH 5000 2014; 2 ETCh 2015. At EXC: 2011-21u23, 2012-17u23, 2014-15. CoachJosé Enrique Villacorta
In 2015: 22 ‘Great’ Edinburgh XC; 5 Spanish indoor 3000; 11 Spanish XC; 1 Los Corrales de Buelna 3000; 9 Eugene Diamond; 7 Huelva ‘B’; 2 ETCh 3000; 14
Paris Diamond; 3 Spanish
429
CARRO Fernando ESP
23y
141d
1992
8:21.78
8:21.78 -15
Full name-Fernando Carro Morillo // 10,000 pb: 28:50.73 -15. ht World Youth 3000 2009; 4 EJC 3000SC 2011; 7 under-23 ECH 3000SC 2013; 2 IberoAmerican 2014; 6 ETCh 2015. At WXC: 2010-81J, 2011-69J. At EXC: 2010-61J, 2013-43u23, 2014-12u23
In 2015: 15 Amorebieta XC; 8 Valencia 3000; 6 Huelva Ibérico 10,000; 1 Madrid; 1 Huelva; 6 ETCh; 2 Catalan; 3 Heusden; 2 Gijón 3000; 4 Spanish
436
GARCÍA Víctor ESP
30y
161d
1985
8:22.46
8:15.20 -12
Full name-Victor García Blazquez
2012 European bronze after falling at the last hurdle when vying for the lead with the eventual winner Mahiedine Mekhissi FRA
4 under-23 ECH 2007; 12 WSG 2007; ht EIC 3000 2011; ht WCH 2011; ht WIC 3000 2012; 3 ECH 2012; 9 ETCh 2014. At EXC: 2007-25u23. 1 Spanish 2014;
1 Spanish indoor 3000 2012. Coach-Antonio Serrano
In 2015: 4 Spanish indoor 3000; dnf Shanghai Diamond; 3 European Clubs Cup; dnf Huelva; 3 Spanish Clubs 3000; 7 Székesfehérvár; 9 London Diamond; 5
Spanish
440
MARTOS Sebastián ESP
26y
62d
1989
8:22.38
8:18.31 -14
2011 European under-23 Champion // 1500 pb: 3:43.45 -11. ht WJC 2008; 1 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-4); 2 WSG 2013 (2011-5); ht WCH 2013; 4 ECH 2014.
At WXC: 2007-102J, 2008-84J. At EXC: 2007-40J, 2008-37J, 2009-55u23, 2010-12u23. 1 Spanish 2015Coach-José Enrique Villacorta
In 2015: 8 Spanish indoor 3000; 5 Huelva; 1 Bilbao; 1 León 3000; 13 Paris Diamond; 5 Catalan; 1 Spanish
451
KIVISTIK Kaur EST
QBR
24y
114d
1991
8:32.23
8:32.23 -15
2015 World Student Games silver // 15 ECH 2012; 5 under-23 ECH 2013; 2 WSG 2015. At EXC: 2009-78J, 2010-36J, 2012-69u23, 2013-19u23. 1 Estonian
indoor 1500 2014
In 2015: 2 Estonian indoor 3000; 7 Stanford Jordan ‘B’; 4 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational 1500; 5 Eagle Rock Hoka; 12 Prague Odložil; 2 Estonian Clubs 3000; 2
ETCh 1st League; 13 Turku 1500; 2 WSG
459
AMARE Hailemariyam ETH
18y
180d
1997
8:25.1
8:25.1 -15
19y
215d
1996
8:25.82
8:25.45 -14
25y
145d
1990
8:22.9
8:22.9 -15
1993
8:25.56
8:25.56 -15
1987
8:18.38
8:12.53 -13
18 African junior XC 2014; 5 WJC 2014
In 2015: 3 African junior; 3 Montbéliard; 1 Argentan
460
BEYO Chala ETH
4 African Champs 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014
In 2015: 4 Kawasaki; 4 Montbéliard; 6 Prague Odložil; 9 Sotteville-lès-Rouen 3000
471
NURGI Tolosa ETH
3 African junior 2013
In 2015: 1 Montbéliard; 10 Prague Odložil; 1 Sollentuna; 8 Székesfehérvár
472
SEBOKA Tafese ETH
21/22y
Seboka aka Soboka // 5 African Champs 2012 (2014-7)
In 2015: 1 Hérouville; 1 Halluin 3000
505
KOWAL Yoann FRA
28y
85d
2014 European Champion, in memorable circumstances (following the disqualification of Mahiedine Mekhissi)
1500 pb: 3:33.75 -11 (3:38.56 -15). 3000 pb: 7:44.26i -12, 7:56.88 -11. 11 under-23 ECH 3000SC 2007; 3 EIC 1500 2009 (2011-ht); 3 ETCh 1500 2009; 6
under-23 ECH 1500 2009; 5 ECH 1500 2010; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 1500 2010; sf WCH 1500 2011 (2009-ht); 10 WIC 3000 2012; sf OLY 1500 2012; 4 EIC
3000 2013 (2015-ht); 3 ETCh 2013 (2011-5, 2015-9); 8 WCH 2013; 2 Francophone Games 2013; 1 ECH 2014; ht EIC 1500 2015. At WXC: 2005-106J. At EXC:
2007-67u23, 2009-75u23. 1 French 2008/2010/2014/2015 & indoor 1500 2014. After his celebratory lap in Zürich 2014 he proposed to his girlfriend Marianne
Coste and she said oui
In 2015: 2 French indoor 1500; 3ht EIC 1500; 2 Montbéliard 1500; 6 Rabat; 9 ETCh; 12 Tomblaine 1500; 12 Paris Diamond; 1 French
611
CHATBI Jamel ITA
QBR
31y
112d
1984
8:30.35
8:08.86 -09
Down from 8:22.16 to 8:08.86 for steeplechase in 2009, but at the World Championships that year he failed a doping control test after having reached the
steeplechase final and was suspended for three years to 2012
Marathon pb: 2:12:17 -15. Half Mar pb: 62:38 -14. 10,000 pb: 28:14.87 -14 (28:39.01 -15). 5000 pb: 13:27.08 -13. 3000 pb: 7:48.18 -09. dq ht WCH 3000SC
2009 (drugs) & 2013 (out of lane). 1 Mediterranean Games 3000SC 2009; 10 ETCh 5000 2014. 1 Italian 10,000 2013/2014 & 3000SC 2013/2015. At WXC:
2008-30. Ex-Morocco, he has lived in Italy since February 7, 2008, acquired Italian citizenship on October 16, 2010 and was cleared by the IAAF to compete for
Italy from July 19, 2013
Marathons (2): 3 Rome 2015, 7 Prague 2015
In 2015: 4 Italian indoor 3000; 2 Italian XC; 3 Rome Marathon; 1 Korschenbroich 10K; dnf Milan 3000SC (Apr 23); 1 Milan 3000SC (May 9); 3 ECP 10,000; 7
Huelva 3000SC; 5 ETCh 5000; 1 Ponzano Veneto 3000SC; 4 Gonnesa 8.2K; 1 Italian 3000SC
680
BIRECH Jairus KEN
22y
249d
1992
7:58.83
7:58.41 -14
Full name-Jairus Kipchoge Birech
World #1 steeplechaser in 2014 with 9/12 wins, though surprisingly beaten at the Commonwealth Games (by Jonathan Ndiku KEN)
3000 pb: 7:41.83 -13. 5000 pb: 13:38.4 -15. 2 African junior 3000SC 2011; 4 African Games 3000SC 2011; 2 COM 3000SC 2014; 1 African Champs 3000SC
2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 3000SC 2014. 1 Kenyan 3000SC 2014. His older brother is Cosmas Birech (61:05 Half Mar in 2015)
In 2015: 6 ‘Great’ Edinburgh short course XC; 2 Nakuru 5000; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Eugene Diamond; 1 Oslo Diamond; 1 Rabat; 1 Paris Diamond (came
through to win after the fall of Evan Yager USA); 1 Székesfehérvár; 2 London Diamond; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial
683
KEMBOI Ezekiel KEN
33y
88d
1982
8:01.71
7:55.76 -11
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Full name-Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi
Three times World Champion (& three silvers), twice Olympic Champion, medals at four Commonwealth Games
1 African Games 2003 (2007-2); 1 OLY 2004/2012 (2008-7); 1 COM 2006 (2002/2010-2, 2014-3); 1 WCH 2009/2011/2013 (2003/2005/2007-2); 2 African
Champs 2010 (2002-4, 2006-dq). 1 Kenyan 2008. Named his son Kiprono Manchester Kemboi jnr after the venue of his first big medal at the 2002
Commonwealth Games. Eccentric behaviour at the end of races; veering into outer lanes, removing his vest, dancing. In Eugene 2013 he was disqualified for
obstructing Conseslus Kipruto on the run-in from the final hurdle to the finish
In 2015: 1 Eugene Diamond; 10 Oslo Diamond; 11 Paris Diamond; 4 Kenyan World Championship Trial
30y
21d 1985
8:10.09
7:53.64 -11 NR
Full name-Brimin Kiprop Kipruto
2008 Olympic Champion, but he fell on the sixth lap when defending his title in London 2012
3000 pb: 7:47.33 -06. 1500 pb: 3:35.23 -06. 2 World Youth 2001; 3 WJC 1500 2004; 1 WCH 2007 (2005-3, 2009-7, 2011-2); 1 OLY 2008 (2004-2, 2012-5); 3
COM 2010. 1 Kenyan 2011. At WXC: 2005-37 short, 2006-18 short. At the 2011 Monaco Diamond League, he missed the world steeplechase record by one
hundredth of a second. Wife, Peris Chebet, their children Ryan & Marion
In 2015: 6 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Paris Diamond; 3 Kenyan World Championship Trial
689
KIPRUTO Brimin KEN
690
KIPRUTO Conseslus KEN
20y
256d
1994
8:05.20
8:01.16 -13
World #2 in 2013 // 3000 pb: 7:44.09 -12. 1500 pb: 3:39.57 -13 (3:41.90 -15). 1 World Youth 2011; 1 WJC 2012; 2 WCH 2013. At WXC: 2013-5J. Based-Eldoret
In 2015: 3 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Eugene Diamond; 1 Huizingen 1500; 2 Oslo Diamond; 3 Paris Diamond; 1 London Diamond; 2 Kenyan World Championship
Trial
737
EZZINE Hamid MAR
31y
320d
1983
8:18.78
8:09.72 -07
Ninth at the last two World Championships // 12 WJC 5000 2002; 4 African Champs 2004 (2006-5, 2014-6); ht OLY 2008; 9 WCH 2011/2013 (2005/2008-ht); 7
OLY 2012; 3 Mediterranean Games 2013. At WXC: 2004-30 short, 2005-41 short, 2006-21 short. Improved by more than 10 seconds in 2007 but then fell in his
World Championship heat. Served two-year doping suspension in 2009-2011 (for tampering with sample). Younger brother of 2001 world silver medallist Ali
Ezzine
In 2015: 1 Arab; 9 Shanghai Diamond; 6 Beijing Challenge; 5 Prague Odložil; 1 Catalan
741
SIGUENI Hicham MAR
22y
203d
1993
8:16.54
8:16.54 -15
2012 World junior bronze // 4 World Youth 3000 2009; 3 Youth Olympic Games 3000 2010; dnf WJC 5000 2010; 1 Arab Schools Games 3000 2010; 3 WJC
2012; ht OLY 2012. At WXC: 2009-49J, 2010-25J, 2011-dnfJ
In 2015: 12 Montbéliard; 1 Prague Odložil; dnf Rabat; 2 Hérouville; 1 Stockholm Diamond
742
TALEB Brahim MAR
30y
186d
1985
8:16.56
8:07.02 -07
5 World Youth 2000SC 2001; 4 African Champs 2006; dq WCH 2007 (ran inside edge of track); 11 OLY 2012 (2008-ht). At WXC: 2002-28J
There’s some confusion over his birth year; we thought it was 1985, but at the London Olympics he was entered with a birth year of 1981
In 2015: 2 Arab; dnf Eugene Diamond; 1 Moroccan; 6 Oslo Diamond; 5 Rabat; 3 Bellinzona 3000; 2 Stockholm Diamond
791
YAO Sapolai PNG
32y
340d
1982
9:39.74
9:28.00 -06
2015 Oceanian Champion // 13 COM 3000SC 2006 (19 5000); 21 COM 5000 2010 (dq 3000SC); 1 Oceanian 3000SC 2015; 1 Pacific Games 3000SC 2015
In 2015: 1 Oceanian 3000SC; 1 Pacific Games 3000SC
815
ZALEWSKI Krystian POL
26y
132d
1989
8:22.44
8:16.20 -14
2014 European Steeplechase silver // 5000 pb: 14:13.44 -12. 3000 pb: 7:58.58 -15. 1500 pb: 3:44.02 -10. 8 EJC 2007; 7 WJC 2008; 3 under-23 ECH 2009; dq
ht WCH 2013 (ran inside border); 2 ECH 2014 (2012-7); 8 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 ETCh 2015 (2011-11, 2012-7, 2013-8). At WXC: 2008-71J, 2010-105,
2013-55. At EXC: 2007-44J, 2008-53J. 1 Polish 5000/3000SC 2014
In 2015: 9 ‘Great’ Edinburgh short course XC; 6 San Vittore Olona XC; 5 Armagh 5K; 8 Dessau 1500; 2 Huizingen 3000; 7 Oslo Diamond; 8 Rabat; 1 ETCh; 10
Madrid 3000; 1 Polish; 4 Szczecin 3000
830
MOHAMED Hasim Salah QAT
QBR
21y
128d
1994
8:33.25
8:33.25 -15
1500 pb: 3:41.80 -14 (3:43.87 -15). 3000SC pb: 8:51.35 -12. ht World Youth 2000SC 2011; 10 WJC 3000SC 2012; 7 IAAF Relays 4x1500 2014; 2 Asian
Champs 2015
In 2015: 6 Arab; 3 Doha Emir Cup 1500 (4 3000SC); 2 Asian Champs; 1 Duffel 1500; 5 Sollentuna; 13 Stockholm Diamond; 4 Copenhagen; 10 Granollers 1500
848
LEKOPA Dikotsi RSA
QBR
27y
44d
1988
8:32.17
8:32.17 -15
8:33.02
8:33.02 -15
3000 pb: 8:08.76 -15. 1 South African 2015 (2010-5)
In 2015: 1 South African; 9 Bellinzona 3000; 3 Nové Mesto nad MetujÍ 1500; 1 Tábor; 1 Copenhagen; 1 Neustadt 3000
853
MONNATLALA Tumisang RSA
QBR
20y
202d
1995
5000 pb: 14:22.40 -14 (14:27.22 -15). ht WJC 3000SC 2014. At WXC: 2013-19J, 2014-13. 1 South African junior 5000/3000SC 2014
In 2015: 2 Pretoria 1000; 15 South African 10K; 3 Sasolburg; 1 Pretoria 3000SC; 2 South African 3000SC (7 5000); 1 Potchefstroom Open 3000SC
860
SAFIULIN Ilgizar RUS
22y
254d
1992
8:18.49
8:18.49 -15
2013 World Student Games Champion. 2014 European under-23 Cross Country Champion (when he led a Russian 1-2-3)
ht WJC 2010; 1 EJC 2011; 1 WSG 2013; ht WCH 2013. 1 Russian 2013. At WXC: 2011-50J. At EXC: 2010-30J, 2011-1J, 2913-1u23. From the Primorsky
Region in the Russian Far East
In 2015: 5 Russian indoor 3000; 10 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Prague Odložil; 7 Rabat; 10 Paris Diamond; 6 Stockholm Diamond; 2 Russian
864
CHAVKIN Nikolay RUS
31y
120d
1984
8:23.0
8:22.81 -12
Twice Russian Champion // Marathon pb: 2:14:02 -14. Half Mar pb: 63:27 -12. 5000 pb: 14:01.1 -08. 4 WSG 2011; ht OLY 2012; 14 ECH 2014; 2 ETCh 2015
(2013-4, 2014-3). At EXC: 2008-48, 2010-30. 1 Russian 2012/2014
Marathons (2): 9 Houston 2014, 11 Jacksonville 2015
In 2015: 1 Russian Teams; 2 Montbéliard; 2 ETCh; dnf Székesfehérvár; 11 Russian 5000
951
BENYAHIA Amor TUN
30y
51d
1985
8:19.30
8:14.05 -13 NR
In winning at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, he broke the Tunisian record of 8:15.07 which had stood to Féthi Baccouche since 1987
ht WCH 2011; ht OLY 2012; 1 Mediterranean Games 2013; 5 African Champs 2014
In 2015: 3 Arab; 7 Beijing Challenge
954
AKKAŞ Halil TUR
32y
51d
1983
8:22.49
8:18.43 -07
Two World Student Games titles at both 5000m and Steeplechase // 3000 pb: 7:49.23 -09. 5000 pb: 13:46.19 -10. 1500 pb: 3:39.48 -07. 6 WJC 3000SC 2002;
2 under-23 ECH 3000SC 2005 (2003-5); 1 WSG 3000SC 2005/2007 (1 5000 2007/2009); 4 WIC 1500 2006 (12 3000); 4 ECH 5000 2006 (2010-ht); 6 WCH
3000SC 2007 (2005-ht); ht OLY 3000SC 2008; 3 EIC 3000 2011 (2013-6); 2 WSG 3000SC 2011; 2 ETCh 3000 2013. At WXC: 2002-43J, 2004-106 short. At
EXC: 2001-21J, 2002-3J, 2004-74, 2005-17, 2007-47
In 2015: 6ht EIC 3000; 1 Geneva 3000SC; 1 ETCh 1st League 3000; 4 Heusden 3000SC
QBR
26y 170d 1989
8:29.83
8:03.81 -10 NR
Ninth at Beijing Olympics while still a junior, but in London 2012 fell with 2¾ laps left, hurt his knee, finished last but was disqualified for stepping inside the
inner lane
5000 pb: 13:22.67 -07. 7 African Games 2007; 2 WJC 2008 (2006-6); 9 OLY 2008 (2012-dq final); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 4 COM 2010; 11 WSG 2011;
10 WCH 2011 (2007-ht, 2009-11, 2013-14); 3 African Champs 2012 (2010-5). At WXC: 2006-50 short, 2007-5J, 2008-4J
In 2015: 13 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Ugandan
966
KIPLAGAT Benjamin UGA
993
BAYER Andy USA
25y
199d
1990
8:18.08
8:18.08 -15
2012 US Collegiate champion at 1500m, representing Indiana University
1500 pb: 3:34.47 -13 (3:36.77 -15). 5000 pb: 13:32.74 -11. 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 5000 2012; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean
2015. 1 NCAA 1500 2012 (2013-8)
In 2015: 7 US indoor Mile; 12 Stanford Jordan; 1 Portland; 4 US; 4 Székesfehérvár; 6 Lucerne 3000; 4 Heusden ‘B’; 6 London Diamond; 4 Stockholm Diamond;
1 North/Central America & Caribbean
1000
CABRAL Donn USA
25y
252d
1989
8:13.37
8:13.37 -15
2011 US Collegiate Champion representing Princeton University // 17 WJC 10,000 2008; 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 8 OLY 2012. 1
NCAA 2012; 2 US 2015. Coach-Steve Dolan
In 2015: 8 San Juan ‘World’s Best’ 10K; 4 US 15K; 5 Princeton 1500; 1 Jersey City 10K; 8 Eugene Diamond; 5 Oslo Diamond; 2 US; 9 Paris Diamond
1027
HULING Dan USA
32y
36d
1983
8:14.11
8:13.29 -10
2010 US Champion // 5000 pb: 13:18.42 -13. 3000 pb: 7:44.42 -13. 1500 pb: 3:37.53 -12 (3:38.24 -15). ht WCH 2009/2013; 8 IAAF Continental Cup 2010. 1 US
2010 (2011/2013/2014-2). Graduate in Marketing from University of Miami
In 2015: 2 Stanford Jordan; 13 Eugene Diamond; 5 Portland; 3 US; 7 Paris Diamond; 5 Lignano
1030
JAGER Evan USA
26y
166d
1989
8:05.28
8:04.71 -14 NR
(Jager pronounced Jay-ger)
North American record holder // 5000 pb: 13:02.40 -13. 3000 pb: 7:35.16 -12. 1500 pb: 3:32.97 -15. 8 WJC 1500 2008; ht WCH 5000 2009; 6 OLY 2012; 5
WCH 2013 (2009-ht); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 US 2012/2013/2014/2015. Coaches-Jerry Schumacher & Pascal Dobert
In 2015: 3 US indoor 2M; 3 Stanford Jordan; 4 Eugene Diamond; 1 Portland (pb down from 3:36.34 to 3:32.97); 1 US (4th time); 2 Paris Diamond (fell at last
barrier while clearly leading: “This stupid mistake cost me the sub 8 minutes ... I think I would be able to run around 7:56”)
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....7:53.63....S. Saaeed Shaheen QAT...........2004
2.....7:53.64....Brimin Kipruto KEN.................... 2011
3.....7:54.31....Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN...........2012
4.....7:55.28....Brahim Boulami MAR................. 2001
5.....7:55.72....Bernard Barmasai KEN.............. 1997
6.....7:55.76....Ezekiel Kemboi KEN.................. 2011
7.....7:56.16....Moses Kiptanui KEN.................. 1997
8.....7:56.81....Richard Mateelong KEN.............2012
9.....7:57.29....Reuben Kosgei KEN.................. 2001
10...7:58.41....Jairus Birech KEN...................... 2014
1.....7:58.83....Jairus Birech KEN
2.....8:00.45....Evan Jager USA
3.....8:01.71....Ezekiel Kemboi KEN
4.....8:05.20....Conseslus Kipruto KEN
5.....8:10.09....Brimin Kipruto KEN
6.....8:11.39....Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN
7.....8:11.64....Jonathan Ndiku KEN
8.....8:12.68....Clement Kemboi KEN
9.....8:13.10....Hillary Yego KEN
10...8:13.37....Donn Cabral USA
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QBR
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Starts: Thursday, August 27
Age
176
HOUGH Nicholas AUS
21y
(Days)
Born
305d
1993
2015 Best
Personal Best
13.42
13.42 -15
Fourth at 2014 Commonwealth Games. Former Youth Olympic Champion // 200 pb: 20.66 -13 (21.14 -14). 100 pb: 10.39 -13 (10.66 -14). 1 Youth Olympic
Games 2010; 2 WJC 2012; 4 COM 2014. 1 Australian 2014/2015. Student of IT and Law at the University of Sydney, he is also developing his own proofreading application (or ‘app’). Coach-Anthony Benn
In 2015: 1 Sydney (3x); 1 Newcastle; 1 Canberra; 1 Australian Capital Territory; 1 New South Wales State; 1 Queensland State; 1 Sydney Classic; 1 Australian
(13.42 for second on Australian all-time list); 3ht WSG; 2 Ried; 8ht London Diamond; 2 Dutch; 2 Leuven
208
BRATHWAITE Shane BAR
25y
194d
1990
13.21
13.21 -15
Bronzes at 2014 Commonwealth Games & 2015 Pan-American Games. 2007 World Youth Champion at Octathlon
100 pb: 10.43 -09. 200 pb: 20.97 -14. 400H pb: 50.90 -12. 1 World Youth Octathlon 2009; sf WJC 400H 2008; 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23
2012; ht OLY 2012; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; 3 COM 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015
He is not related to 2009 World Champion Ryan Brathwaite
In 2015: 1 Lake Charles; 2 St-Martin; 4 Marseille; 5 Montreuil; 7 New York Diamond; 1 Barbadian; 2 Paris Diamond ‘B’; 2 Székesfehérvár ‘B’; 4 Lucerne; 3 PanAm Games; 5 Atlanta
211
SWIFT Greggmar BAR
24y
186d
1991
13.28
13.28 -15
New World Student Games Champion // 8 WJC 2010 (2008-ht); 6 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2011; 3 North/Central American & Caribbean under
-23; ht OLY 2012; dnf WSG 2013; ht WCH 2013; 6 COM 2014; 1 WSG 2015; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 4 NCAA
2014 (2013-7)
In 2015: Set three Barbadian record indoors (7.59, 7.56, 7.54); 1 Charleston Classic; 1 Lincoln; 1 Champaign; 3 St-Martin; 6 Ponce; 1 Guelph; 2 Halifax; 2
Barbadian; 1 WSG; 4 Pan-Am Games; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean
268
de OLIVEIRA João Vitor BRA
23y
97d
1992
13.47
13.47 -15
400H pb: 51.28 -12 (51.47 -15). sf WJC 110H/400H 2010; 1 South American junior 110H.400H 2011; 1 South American under-23 110H 2012
In 2015: 2 Claremont 400H; 1 Azusa Clay 400H; 2 La Jolla 110H; 1 Brazilian 110H; 1 South American 110H; 2 Loughborough ‘LEAP’; 2 Nové Mesto nad MetujÍ
110H; 3 Tábor 110H; 2 Stockholm Diamond 110H ‘B’
274
MENDES Jonathan BRA
QBR
25y
129d
1990
13.54
13.53 -14
Full name-Jonathan do Nascimento Mendes // 3 South American 2013; 3 Ibero-American 2014.1 Brazilian 2014
In 2015: 1 Campinas; 1 São Paulo; 1 Santiago de Chile (Apr 9); 1 Santiago de Chile (Apr 11); 1 São Bernardo do Campo; 1 Lima (Apr 24); 1 Lima (Apr 26); 1
São Paulo State; dq/ht Brazilian; 4 Hérouville; 1 Conegliano; 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds; 2 São Bernardo do Campo; 6ht Pan-Am Games
279
SOUZA Éder Antônio BRA
28y
310d
1986
13.46
13.46 -15
Former South American Junior Champion // 6 WJC 2004; 1 South American junior 2005; 2 South American 2007/2009 (2011/2015-4); 5 WSG 2007; ht WCH
2007; ht WIC 2008. 1 Brazilian 2009/2010
In 2015: 1 Jundiaí; 3ht Campinas; 4ht São Paulo; 1 Río de Janeiro; 2 São Bernardo do Campo; 3 Lima (Apr 24); 3 Lima (Apr 26); 2 São Paulo State; 2
Brazilian; 1 São Bernardo do Campo (May 30); 4 South American; 1 São Bernardo do Campo (Jul 11); 6ht Pan-Am Games
304
CABRAL Johnathan CAN
22y
232d
1992
13.37
13.37 -15
Second at 2015 US Collegiate Championships, representing the University of Oregon
sf WJC 2010 (for USA); 8 Pan-Am Games 2015 (for Canada). 1 California Schools 110H/300H 2011; 2 NCAA 2015. Former junior international for the USA,
has had dual citizenship with Canada since birth and cleared to represent Canada from March 13, 2015. Student of Business Administration at the University of
Oregon. Coach-Jamie Cook
In 2015: 2 Los Angeles; 1 Eugene Pepsi; 1 Eugene Twilight; 2 NCAA; 2 Canadian; 8 Pan-Am Games
313
KABA Sekou CAN
24y
361d
1990
13.43
13.43 -15
2013 Francophone Games Champion (defeating Ladji Doucouré among others)
5 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2013; 1 Francophone Games 2013. 2 Canadian 2012/2013 (2014/2015-3). Born-Guinea, his family moved to
Canada in 2007 after having lived in the USA. He gained Canadian citizenship in 2012. Coach-Andy McInnis
In 2015: 1 Lake Buena Vista; 1 Florida Relays ‘C’; 4 Clermont (Apr 18); 3 Gainesville; 1 Lynchburg; 5 Montgeron; 1 Nordic Challenge; 3 Namur; 4 Forbach; 1
Geneva; 3 Canadian; 3 Edmonton Classic; 3ht Pan-Am Games; 5 Tábor; 2 Linz; 1 Copenhagen; 1 Leuven
30y 138d 1985
13.47
13.47 -15 NR
Caymanian record holder // 400H pb: 52.69 -05. ht COM 2006; qf OLY 2008 (2012-ht); 7 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; 7 COM 2010 (2014-ht);
sf WCH 2011; ht WIC 2012. Was at Florida International University. Carried the Caymanian flag at opening ceremony at Beijing Olympics
In 2015: 1 Coral Gables; 5 University of Central Florida Invitational; 8 Florida Relays; 3 Coral Gables; 2 Clermont ‘B’ (Apr 18); 2 Miramar; 2 Cayman Invitational;
3 Montverde; 3 Barbadian; 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds; 5ht Pan-Am Games; 6 Atlanta; 6ht North/Central America & Caribbean
320
FORBES Ronald CAY
346
XIE Wenjun CHN
25y
41d
1990
13.36
13.23 -14
Chinese #1 post Liu Xiang. 2014 Asian Games Champion. 2015 Asian Champion
sf OLY 2012; ht WCH 2013; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Asian Games 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015. 1 Chinese junior 2008/2009; 2 Chinese 2011; 1
Chinese Universities 2011; 1 Chinese National Games 2013. Missed qualifying for the London Olympic final by one place (he clocked 13.34 to Lawrence
Clarke’s 13.31). From-Shanghai
In 2015: 6 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Beijing Challenge; 8 Eugene Diamond; 1 Asian Champs; dq Shanghai
352
ZHANG Honglin CHN
QBR
21y
221d
1994
13.53
13.53 -15
22y
193d
1993
13.23
13.19 -14
7 Asian Champs 2015. 1 Chinese junior 2013
In 2015: 2 Shanghai (Mar 2); 7 Asian Champs; 2 Chinese Grand Prix Final; 1 Shanghai (Jul 15)
380
O’FARRILL Yordan CUB
Full name-Yordan Luis O’Farrill Olivera
Former World Junior Champion
5 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 1 Central American & Caribbean junior 2012; 1 WJC 2012; 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013. Grandfather on his
father’s side was Irish
In 2015: 1 Camagüey; 2 Ponce; 4 Havana Barrientos; 1 Forbach; 4 Rome Diamond; 2 Marseille; 1 Montreuil; 1 Turku; 1 Tomblaine; 1 Paris Diamond ‘B’; 2
Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 6 Pan-Am Games
383
PORTILLA Yohany CUB
25y
28d
1990
13.30
13.30 -15
(aka Jhoanis) // dnf/ht WJC 2008; sf WIC 2014; 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 5 Pan-Am Games 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean
2015
In 2015: 2 Camagüey; 1 Havana Barrientos; dnf Guelph; 1 Halifax; 1 Havana (Jun 12); 1 Havana (Jun 19); 5 Pan-Am Games; 2 North/Central America &
Caribbean
30y 314d 1984
13.44
13.27 -10 NR
2011 European Indoor Champion (but largely out of action after than until 2014 due to multiple Achilles injuries/surgeries)
110H pb: 13.27 -10. Decathlon pb: 7018 -04. dnq World Youth LJ 2001; ht WJC 100/110H 2002; ht EJC 2003; dnf EIC Heptathlon 2005; sf OLY 2008; 6 WCH
2009; 5 WIC 2010 (2008-sf); 6 ECH 2010 (led until he hit the seventh); 1 EIC 2011 (2009-3, 2007-sf, 2015-8); 5 ECH 2014. 1 Czech 2010/2014/2015. CoachLudvík Svoboda. 1.96/87kg
He married Czech pole vaulter Jirina Ptácníková in 2012, but they separated in 2014
In 2015: 8 EIC; 1 Ostrava; 5 Hengelo; 1 Kladno; 3 ETCh 1st League; 1 Czech; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 Lucerne ‘B’; 1 Nové Mesto nad MetujÍ; 2 Tábor
398
SVOBODA Petr CZE
432
CONTRERAS Yidiel ESP
23y
267d
1991
13.35
13.35 -15
Ex-Cuba, has lived in Spain since 2012, acquired Spanish citizenship on April 24, 2015 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for Spain from June 15, 2015 (just
in time for the European Team Championships)
6 Cuban National Games 2010; 7 ETCh 2015. 1 Spanish 2015
In 2015: 1 Zaragoza; 7 Montgeron; 1 Castellón; 1 Namur; 1 Valladolid; 2 Geneva; 1 Tres Cantos; 1 Spanish Clubs; 5 ETCh ‘A’ (7th overall); 1 Brussels; 1
Catalan; 1 Liège; 1 La Roche-sur-Yon; 1 Castres; 1 Spanish
489
BASCOU Dimitri FRA
28y
32d
1987
13.23
13.23 -15
5x French Champion (3 out + 2 in)
He was initially third in the 2014 European Championships, but then was disqualified disqualified for obstruction because he moved into lane of Balajs Baji and
they clashed arms (it meant that Pascal Martinot-Lagarde got the bronze medal)
2 Mediterranean Games 2009; 4 under-23 ECH 2009; 4 ECH 2010 (2014-dq); 4 WSG 2011; sf WCH 2011; sf OLY 2012; 2 EIC 2015 (2011-6, 2013-sf). 1
French 2009/2010/2011 (1 indoor 2011/2015). Coach-Olivier Vallaeys
In 2015: 1 French indoor; 2 EIC; 1 St-Denis-Réunion; 1 Gagny; 1 Créteil; 2 Forbach; 5 Rome Diamond; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 4 Montreuil; 2 Tomblaine; 7
Paris Diamond; 3 French
492
DARIEN Garfield FRA
27y
242d
1987
13.17
13.15 -12
2014 World indoor bronze // 7 WJC 2004; 1 EJC 2007; sf WCH 2009; 2 ECH 2010/2012; 2 EIC 2011 (2009-6); sf OLY 2012; 3 WIC 2014 (2010-sf). 1 French
2012/2015. His father/coach Daniel Darien clocked 13.76 in 1987
In 2015: 1 Jacksonville; 2 Gainesville; 1 Vénissieux; 1 Montgeron; 4 Hengelo; 2 Rome Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 3 New York Diamond; 6 Paris
Diamond; 1 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 French (beat Pascal M-L)
507
MARTINOT-LAGARDE Pascal FRA
23y
333d
1991
13.06
12.95 -14 NR
He was the world #1 in 2014 with five Diamond League wins (though he did not win as expected at the World Indoor & European Championships)
4 EJC 2009; 1 WJC 2010; 2 ETCh 2013/2015 (2014-3); ht WCH 2013; 2 WIC 2014 (2012-3); 3 ECH 2014; 1 EIC 2015 (2013-3). 1 French 2014 & indoors
2012/2013/2014. His older brother Thomas Martinot Lagarde (pb 13.26) is also an international hurdler. Their coach-Laurence Bily
“The start is not my good point. I love the middle part when you are on automatic pilot”
In 2015: 1 EIC; 1 Eugene Diamond; 2 Montreuil; 1 Rabat; 2 ETCh; 5 Paris Diamond; 2 French; 2 London Diamond; 5 Stockholm Diamond
512
CLARKE Lawrence GBR
25y
162d
1990
13.39
13.31 -12
Fourth place at the London Olympics // 13.14w -12. 4 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008; 1 EJC 2009; 3 COM 2010 (2014-8); ht EIC 2011; 3 under-23 ECH
2011; ht WCH 2011; 4 OLY 2012; 8 COM 2014; 5 EIC 2015. 1 English junior 2009; 1 UK 2011 & indoor 2015. He has dual nationality with the USA (his father
Sir Toby Clarke was born in California). Graduate of Theology and Religious Studies from Bristol University. Coach-Malcolm Arnold. 1.87 tall
Qualified for 2014 European final outdoors, but forced to withdraw because “A minor strain in warm up could have been a serious injury if I ran the final.”
In 2015: 1 Welsh indoor; 1 UK indoor; 5 EIC; 3 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 1 Hengelo; 5 Birmingham Diamond; 3 Rabat; 3 ETCh; 3 Sopot; 1 UK; 3 Lucerne;
1 Loughborough ‘LEAP’; 1 Bellinzona ‘B’; 8 London Diamond
541
BÜHLER Matthias GER
28y
353d
1986
13.43
13.34 -12
5x German Champion // 13.20w -14. 3 ETCh 2009 (2014-4); ht WCH 2009; sf ECH 2010/2012/2014; ht OLY 2012; ht EIC 2013. 1 German
2009/2010/2011/2013/2014. Coach-Wilhelm Seigel
In 2015: 5 Tempe; 6 Mt SAC Relays; 4ht Clermont; 3 Weinheim; 1ht Bottrop; 3 Mannheim (Jun 28); 3 Mannheim (Jul 15); 2 German; 3 Mannheim ‘C’ (Aug 8)
559
JOHN Alexander GER
29y
110d
1986
13.46
13.35 -09/12
Fourth at 2012 European Championships // 13.42w -15. 3 World Youth 2003; sf WJC 2004; 3 EJC 2005; sf WCH 2009 (2011-ht); sf WIC 2010; 7 ETCh ‘2010; 4
ECH 2012 (2010-8); ht OLY 2013. 1 German 2012
In 2015: 2 German indoor; 5ht Clermont; dnf Weinheim; 1 Regensburg Sparkassen; 2 Bydgoszcz; 1 Rhede; 1 Mannheim (Jul 15); dnf German; 1 Mannheim
(Aug 8)
570
TRABER Gregor GER
22y
261d
1992
13.32
13.32 -15
2014 World indoor finalist // 13.23w -14. TJ pb: 15.33 -09. 7 World Youth TJ 2009; sf WJC 110H 2010; ht WIC 60H 2012; sf ECH 2012; 3 under-23 ECH 2013;
5 WIC 2014; sf ECH 2014. 1 German 2015 (1 indoor 2011/2012)
Was one of the favourites for the 2011 European Junior title but was disqualified for false-starting in his heat (“It was my fault, but I don’t really have an
explanation.”). Student of Economics & Business Admin at University of Tubingen. Coach-Marlon Odom (pb 13.50 2010)
In 2015: 7 Hengelo; 1 Weinheim (May 30); 5 Marseille; 4 ETCh; 1 Mannheim (Jun 28); 5 Tomblaine; 5 Paris Diamond ‘B’; 1 German
28y 164d 1987
13.33
13.33 -15 NR
Greek record holder indoors & out. 13x Greek Champion (8 out + 5 in)
100 pb: 10.42 -13 (10.48w, 10.92 -15). 200 pb: 20.91 -13/14 (21.12 -15). dnf World Youth 2003; 2 EJC 2005; 3 WJC 2006; 1 under-23 ECH 2007; ht WCH
2007/2013; 2 ECP 2008 (2007-5); 6 OLY 2008/2012; 5 ETCh 2011; 8 ECH 2012 (2010-ht, 2014-sf); 7 EIC 2015 (2009/2013-sf). 1 Greek
2007/2008/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2009/2012/2013/2014/2015). Mother-Greek, father-American. Full-name-Konstadínos Douvalídis-Ricks
(mother’s name is Douvalídis, father’s is Ricks)
In 2015: 1 Greek indoor; 6 EIC; 1 Sérres 110H/100; 1 Édessa 110H200; 1 Kalamáta 110H/200; 1 Haniá; 2 Prague Odložil; 4 Rabat; 1 ETCh 1st League; =3
Tomblaine; 3 Paris Diamond ‘B’; 1 Székesfehérvár ‘B’; 1 Greek (2 200)
576
DOUVALÍDIS Konstadínos GRE
586
BAJI Balázs HUN
605
REYNOLDS Ben IRL
26y
73d 1989
13.44
13.29 -14 NR
Fourth at European Championships indoors (2013) & out (2014) // 110H pb: 13.29 -14. 7 WJC 2008; 2 under-23 ECH 2011; 6 WSG 2011; sf WIC 2012/2014; sf
ECH 2012 (2010-ht); 4 EIC 2013 (2009/2011-ht, 2015-7); sf WCH 2013 (2011-ht); 4 ECH 2014. 1 Hungarian 2007/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor
2009/2011/2013/2014/2015)
In 2015: 1 Hungarian indoor; 7 EIC; 1 Nyíregyháza; 1 Hungarian Universities; 6 Rome Diamond; 1 Budapest Schulek; 2 ETCh 2nd League; 5 Székesfehérvár;
dq Lucerne ‘B’; 1 Ried; 1 Budapest Honved; 5 Linz; 1 Hungarian
QBR
24y
329d
1990
13.48
13.48 -15
Northern Ireland record holder & 5x Champion // 13.59w -14. 5 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008; sf EJC 2009; sf WIC 2012; ht COM 2014. 1 Northern
Ireland 2010/2011/2013/2014/2015. 1 Irish 2015; 1 English 2015. Transferred his allegiance from Great Britain to Ireland from December 2011
His older brother Tom Reynolds was ninth in the 2010 Commonwealth Games Decathlon
In 2015: 1 British League div 1/May 9; 3 Loughborough ‘International’; 1 Oordegem IFAM; 1 Northern Ireland; 2 ETCh 1st League; 2 Loughborough ‘LEAP’ ‘C’;
1 Waterford; 3 Nové Mesto nad MetujÍ; 4 Tábor; 1 English; 1 British League div 1/Aug 8
23y
56d 1992
13.41 NR
13.39 -13
2013 World Student Games Champion // 1 Pan-American junior 2010; 4 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 1 WSG 2013; ht WCH 2013; 4
Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. sf US Olympic Trial 2012; 1 NCAA indoor 2013 representing the
University of South Florida
Born-Florida, his late father Edwin Williams was a Virgin Islander and Eddie was cleared to compete for that country by IAAF from July 6, 2013 (His Virgin
Islands record is 13.41 from 2015, as his 13.39 came before he was cleared to compete for that country)
In 2015: 1 University of Central Florida Invitational; 7 Florida Relays; 1 Penn Relays; 7 Baie Mahault; 1 Jacksonville; 5 Clermont Elite 2; 2 Montverde ‘B’; 4
Barbadian; 3 Trinidadian; 5 Edmonton Classic; 4ht Pan-Am Games; 4 Atlanta; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean
609
LOVETT Eddie ISV
637
McLEOD Omar JAM
21y
118d
1994
12.97
12.97 -15
Sensationally down from 13.44 to 12.97 at 110m Hurdles so far in 2015
400H pb: 49.98 -13. 4 World Youth 110H 2011 (8 400H); 1 WJC 4x400 2012. 1 NCAA indoor 2014/2015; 1 NCAA 2015. 1 Jamaican 2015. Student of Business
Management at University of Arkansas
“Every race I go to the hurdles and I talk to the hurdles and I say, ‘You’re my baby, just be quiet and gave me a clean race’”. Coach-John Buckham
He is a protegée of Deon Hemmings, the first Jamaican woman to win an Olympic gold medal in Jamaican colours (1996 400mH)
In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor (3 4x400); 1 Drake Relays; 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference; 1 NCAA 110H/4x100 (6 4x400); 1 Jamaican; dnf Székesfehérvár; 1
Atlanta
639
PARCHMENT Hansle JAM
25y
65d
1990
13.08
12.94 -14 NR
Hansle is pronounced Hansel, as in Hansel & Gretel, the fairy tale
Surprise Olympic bronze at London 2012. 2011 World Student Games Champion
sf World Youth 2007; 5 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; 5 COM 2010; 1 WSG 2011; 3 OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013. 1 Jamaican 2012. Student of
Psychology at The University of the West Indies, Kingston, he is also learning to speak German. Coach-Fitz Coleman. 1.96 tall (so no problem for him to do
seven strides to hurdle 1)
In 2015: 5 Drake Relays; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Cayman Invitational; 2 Jamaican
641
RILEY Andrew JAM
26y
348d
1988
13.28
13.14 -13
2014 Commonwealth Games Champion // 100 pb: 10.02 -12. HJ pb: 2.10 -08/09. ht OLY 2012; 8 WCH 2013 (2011-sf); 1 COM 2014. 1 NCAA 2010/2012 (1
100 2012 – that year he became the first man to win both 100m flat and 110m hurdles at the US Collegiate Championships); 1 NCAA indoor 2011. 1 Jamaican
2011/2013/2014. Economics graduate from the University of Illinois ... coach-Tonja Buford-Bailey (2 WCH 400H 95)
In 2015: 2 San Antonio; 1 Texas Relays; 1 Austin; 3 Drake Relays; 8 Shanghai Diamond; 6 Beijing Challenge; 6 Eugene Diamond; 7 Rome Diamond; 3
Jamaican; 2 Atlanta
717
ANOUSONE Xaysa LAO
21y
154d
1994
14.33
14.15 -14 NR
14.09
14.00 -14
Lao record holder // ht World Youth 2011; ht WJC 2012; ht WCH 2013
In 2015: 5 Singaporean International Champs; 6ht Asian Champs; 6 South East Asian Games; 3ht South East Asian Games
722
ZAZA Wellington LBR
20y
213d
1995
4 WJC 2014. 1 US High Schools 2012
In 2015: 2 Tempe ‘B’; 4 La Jolla; 2 Mesa; 5 US ‘Junior College’; 1 US Clubs
30y 118d 1985
13.62 NR
13.49 -08
Former European Junior Champion for France, now representing the country of his parents (and formally cleared to do so by IAAF on August 6, 2015)
1 EJC 2003; dnf sf WJC 2004; dnf under-23 ECH 2005; ht EIC 2007; ht WCH 2007; 5 African Champs 2014. 1 French junior 2003/2004 & under-23 2007
In 2015: 1 Los Angeles; 1 Tourcoing; 7 Marseille; 1 Argentan; 5 Hérouville; 2 Île-de-France; 1 Nivelles; 8 Paris Diamond ‘B’; 4 Ninove
750
TRAORE Bano MLI
803
NOGA Artur POL
836
ALKANA Antonio RSA
27y 110d 1988
13.39
13.26 -13 NR
2012 European bronze. Polish record holder // 1 WJC 2006; 1 EJC 2007; 5 OLY 2008 (2012-dnf ht); 1 under-23 ECH 2009; sf WCH 2009; 2 ETCh 2010 (2009
-6, 2013-3); 8 WIC 2012; 3 ECH 2012 (2010-5, 2014-6). 1 Polish 2008/2010/2012/2013/2014. Coach-Andrzej Radiuk. 1.96 tall
In 2015: 3 Polish indoor; 4 Prague Odložil; 6 Rabat; 1 Katowice; 1 Sopot; 7 Paris Diamond ‘B’; 3 Székesfehérvár ‘B’; 1 Polish; 1 Warsaw
25y
131d
1990
13.47
13.47 -15
100 pb: 10.27w, 10.33 -15. 200 pb: 20.71 -15. 1 South African 2013/2015. Coach-Marcél Otto
In 2015: 1 Parow; 1 South African 110H/4x100 (with his team from Western Provinces Athletics); 1 Potchefstroom Open (2 100); 1 Germiston; 6 Hengelo; 2
Namur; 3 Forbach; 1 Prague Odložil; 5 Rabat; 1 Hérouville; 3 Turku; 2 Sopot
24y 321d 1990
13.06
13.06 -15 NR
Twice European Champion. 2013 World bronze. Russian record holder
2 EJC 2009; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 1 ECH 2012/2014; sf OLY 2012; 1 EIC 2013; 1 ETCh 2013/2014/2015; 3 WSG 2013; 3 WCH 2013 (2011-ht); sf WIC 2014.
1 Russian 2013 (1 indoors 2013/2014). Attends Tyumen State University. His mother Natalya Shubenkova was fourth in the Seoul Olympic Heptathlon and
scored 6859 in 1984. Coaches-Sergei Klevtsov & Nadezhda Klevtsova
In 2015: 5 Shanghai Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond; 1 ETCh; 3 Paris Diamond (lowered his Russian record from 13.09 to 13.06); 1
Székesfehérvár; 2 Stockholm Diamond
883
SHUBENKOV Sergey RUS
904
RISTIC Milan SRB
930
RITTIDET Jumrut THA
945
THOMAS Mikel TTO
992
ASH Ronnie USA
QBR
24y
13d 1991
13.50
13.50 -15 NR
2014 Balkan Champion. Serbian record holder // 6 Mediterranean Games 2013; 1 Balkan 2014; ht ECH 2014; 5 WSG 2015. 6 NCAA indoor 2014. 1 Serbian
2011-2015. Attends University of California, Berkeley, which means he is known as a “California Golden Bear”
In 2015: 4 University of Central Florida Invitational; 3 Florida Relays ‘C’; 5 Clermont (Apr 18); 1 Gainesville ‘B’; 6 Orlando; 3 Clermont Elite 2; 1 Serbian Cup; 4
ETCh 2nd League; 1 Belgrade 100; 8 Tomblaine; 5 WSG; 1 Serbian
26y 201d 1989
13.69
13.61 -14 NR
Thai record holder. Twice fourth at Asian Championsjips // 5 Asian Indoor Games 2009; 4 Asian Champs 2011/2015 (2009-6, 2013-5); ht WCH 2013; 3 Asian
Games 2014 (2010-6)
In 2015: 1 Boulder; 1 Fort Collins (Mar 28); 6 Tempe; 6 Fort Collins (Apr 25); 1 Laramie; 1 Colorado Springs; 4 Asian Champs; 1 South East Asian Games; 2
Bangkok; 2 Pathumthani; 2 Chanthaburi
27y 271d 1987
13.17
13.17 -15 NR
Trinidadian record holder, set when winning silver at 2015 Pan-Am Games
100 pb: 10.24 -15. 400H pb: 51.40 -08. ht WJC 2000; 7 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2008; qf OLY 2008 (2012-ht); sf WCH 2013; ht COM 2014; 2
Pan-Am Games 2015; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 Trinidadian 2007/2008/2010/2013
In 2015: 2 Phoenix 200; 5 Florida Relays; 2 Tempe; 2 Mt SAC Relays; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 4 Clermont Elite 2; 1 Cerritos; 2 Trinidadian (5 100); 7
Edmonton Classic; 2 Pan-Am Games; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean
27y
49d
1988
13.13
12.99 -14
2010 North/Central America & Caribbean under-23 Champion // 12.98w -10. 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2010. 1 NCAA 2009 & indoor
2009/2010. Coach-Garfield Ellenwood
In 2015: 1 Greensboro; 6 Drake Relays; 8 Baie Mahault; 4 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Beijing Challenge; 4 New York Diamond; 2 US; 2 Lucerne; 1 Bellinzona; 3
London Diamond; 3 Atlanta
1021
HARRIS Aleec USA
24y
294d
1990
13.11
13.11 -15
2015 US Indoor Champion // 4 US 2014/2015; 1 US indoor 2015. Studied Sociology at the University of Southern California
In 2015: 1 US indoor; 1 Los Angeles; 1 Florida Relays; 1 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Drake Relays; 1 Baie Mahault; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 7 Eugene
Diamond; 8 New York Diamond; 4 US (gained selection for the World Championships because ahead of him in the race was wildcard selection David Oliver); 4
Paris Diamond; dnf Székesfehérvár; 6 Stockholm Diamond
30y
28d 1985
13.12
12.80 -12 NR
Olympic Champion, World Indoor Champion and outdoor world record in 2012
1 WJC 2004; 5 WCH 2011 (2009-ht, 2013-6); 1 WIC 2012; 1 OLY 2012. 1 NCAA indoor/out 2006; 1 US indoors & out 2012. In 2012 he clocked a record 10 sub
-13 second performances capped by a substantial new world record of 12.80 in Brussels
In 2015: Reasonable indoor season (1 Albuquerque, 3 Berlin, 4 Birmingham etc); 1 Mesa Classic; 1 Tempe; 4 Drake Relays; 1 Louisiana State Invitational; 2
‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 3 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Eugene Diamond; 3 US; 8 Paris Diamond; 3 Székesfehérvár; 4 London Diamond
1046
MERRITT Aries USA
1051
OLIVER David USA
33y
119d
1982
12.98
12.89 -10
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
World #1 in 2010, then made a wonderful comeback to repeat that feat in 2013 with a clearcut win at the World Championships
3 OLY 2008; 3 WIC 2010 (2008-sf); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 WCH 2013 (2007-sf, 2011-4); 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 US 2010/2011/2014 (1 indoor
2008). Studied Marketing at Howard University, Washington DC. Mother-Brenda Chambers ran 58.54 for 400m hurdles in 1980 1.90 tall
“His last five hurdles are vicious” says Olympic Champion Aries Merritt
In 2015: 3 Florida Relays; 1ht Clermont; 2 Drake Relays; 4 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Beijing Challenge; 3 Eugene Diamond; 1
US; 2 Paris Diamond; 1 Pan-Am Games; 3 Stockholm Diamond
1052
PORTER Jeff USA
29y
267d
1985
13.25
13.08 -12
2012 Olympic semi-finalist // 4 Pan-Am Games 2011; sf OLY 2012. 3 US indoor 2010 & outdoors 2012; 1 NCAA indoor 2007 (4 outdoors), representing the
University of Michigan. Wife-Tiffany Ofili (3 WCH 2013, 1 ECH 2014). His twin brother Joe played in the NFL (National Football League [of the USA]) as a
cornerback [a defender]. Coach-Garfield Ellenwood
In 2015: 3 US indoor; 2 Greensboro; 2 Clermont (Apr 18); 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Clermont Elite 2; 5 Ponce; 3 Rome Diamond; 3 Birmingham
Diamond; 6 New York Diamond; 5 US; 4 Paris Diamond ‘B’; 4 Székesfehérvár; 6 London Diamond; 1 Tábor; 1 Stockholm Diamond ‘B’
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....12.80.......Aries Merritt USA....................... 2012
2.....12.87.......Dayron Robles CUB................... 2008
3.....12.88.......Liu Xiang CHN........................... 2006
4.....12.89.......David Oliver USA....................... 2010
5.....12.90.......Dominique Arnold USA.............. 2006
6.....12.91.......Colin Jackson GBR.................... 1993
=7...12.92.......Roger Kingdom USA.................. 1989
.......12.92.......Allen Johnson USA.................... 1996
9.....12.93.......Renaldo Nehemiah USA............ 1981
=10.12.94.......Jack Pierce USA........................ 1996
.......12.94.......Hansle Parchment JAM............. 2014
.......12.94.......Orlando Ortega CUB.................. 2015
1.....12.94.......Orlando Ortega CUB
2.....12.97.......Omar McLeod JAM
3.....12.98.......David Oliver USA
=4...13.06.......Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA
.......13.06.......Sergey Shubenkov RUS
6.....13.08.......Hansle Parchment JAM
7.....13.11.......Aleec Harris USA
=8...13.12.......Aries Merritt USA
.......13.12.......Jason Richardson USA
10...13.13.......Ronnie Ash USA
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Age
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BOUKEMOUCHE Saber ALG
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
23y
122d
1992
49.43
49.43 -15
23y
105d
1992
48.99
48.99 -15 NR
7 African Champs 2014; 2 Arab 2015. 2 Algerian 2013/2014 (2015-3)
In 2015: 1 Biskra 300H; 1 Algiers 400 (Mar 21); 1 Algiers (Apr 4); 6ht WSG; 3 Algerian
158
LAHOULOU Abdelmalik ALG
Algerian record holder. 2015 World Student Games silver // ht World Youth 2009; ht WJC 2010; 7 Mediterranean Games 2013; 2 WSG 2015. 1 Algerian
2013/2014/2015
In 2015: 3 Biskra 300H; 4 Algiers 400; 2 Namur; 1 Regensburg Sparkassen; 1 Lahti; 1 Reims; 2 WSG; 2 Bellinzona; 1 Algerian
160
RAHMOUNI Miloud ALG
32y
251d
1982
49.24
49.24 -15
2013 Arab Champion // 400 pb: 46.57 -07 (46.86 -15). 6 African Games 2011; 1 Arab 2013; 2 Mediterranean Games 2013; ht WCH 2013
In 2015: 1 Algiers (Mar 28); 2 Algiers (Apr 4); 3 Arab; 1 Bejaia; 3 Kortrijk; 1 La Roche-sur-Yon; 2 Algerian; 1 Leuven
25y
6d 1990
48.51
48.51 -15 NR
New Pan-American Games Champion // 400 pb: 46.30 -12. sf World Youth 400 2007; ht WJC 2008; 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 2
Central American & Caribbean Champs; sf WCH 2013; 3 COM 2014. 1 Bahamian 2011/2013/2014/2015
In 2015: 1 Penn Relays; 3 Baie Mahault; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 5 Doha Diamond; 1 Ponce; 3 New York Diamond; 1 Bahamian; 1 Cork City; 1
Madrid; 1 Lucerne; 1 Pan-Am Games (defeated very strong field including Javier Culson & Kerron Clement); 1 Atlanta
202
GIBSON Jeffery BAH
222
BULTHEEL Michaël BEL
29y
52d
1986
49.04
49.04 -15
2009 World Student Games bronze // sf WJC 2004; 7 ECP 2007; 3 WSG 2009 (2001-8); ht WCH 2009; sf ECH 2010/2012/2014; df OLY 2012. 1 Belgian
2009/2011/2012/2014/2015 (1 French 2015)
In 2015: 7 Gainesville; 1 Orlando; 2 Oordegem IFAM; 2 Tourcoing; 1 Namur; 1 Sint-Niklaas; 1 Brussels; 1 French; 2 Liège; 1 Belgian; 2 Leuven
252
ESTEFANI Hederson BRA
23y
344d
1991
49.40
49.40 -15
400 pb: 45.25 -12 (45.41 -15). sf WJC 400H 2010; 1 South American under-23 400H 2012; 3 South American 4x400 2013; 2 South American 400/400H 2015. 1
Brazilian 400 2010/2012 & 400H 2014/2015
In 2015: 1 Jundiaí 400H; 1 São Paulo 400; 2 Florida Relays 400; 2 Waco 400; 5 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Brazilian 400H (2 400H); 2 South American 400/400H; 1
São Bernardo do Campo 400; 3ht Pan-Am Games 400H (5 4x400)
327
CHENG Wen CHN
23y
155d
1992
49.86
49.28 -11
ht WCH 2011; ht OLY 2012; 2 Asian Champs 2013 (2015-4); 3 Asian Games 2014. 1 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Shandong Province
In 2015: 1 Jinan; 4 Asian Champs; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final; 3 Sapporo Nambu
361
DAROUECHE Maoulida COM
25y
195d
1990
52.61
51.79 -13 NR
49.37
49.37 -15
Comoran record holder // ht OLY 2012; ht WCH 2013. 2 French under-23 2010 (2012-3)
In 2015: 5 French indoor; 3 Salon-de-Provence; 3 Lyon; 4 Geneva; 4 Valence ‘B’; 3 Tarare ‘B’; 3 Chambery; 6ht Tomblaine
448
JAGOR Jaak-Heinrich EST
25y
102d
1990
Estonian #2 after Rasmus Mägi // 400 pb: 48.49 -14. ht ECH 2014. 2 Estonian 2014/2015. 1 Estonian indoor 400 2015
In 2015: 2 Tallinn; 1 Estonian indoor 400; 2 Riga; 1 Valmiera; 2 Estonian
23y 108d 1992
48.65
48.54 -14 NR
2014 European silver // 400 pb: 46.40 -13. LJ pb: 7.73i -12. ht WJC 2010; 4 EJC 2011; ht OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013; 2 ECH 2014 (2012-5); 4 IAAF Continental
Cup 2014. 1 Estonian 2014/2015. His sister Maris Mägi is a multiple Estonian Champion at 400m flat, they are coached by their parents Taivo & Anne Mägi
In 2015: 2 Fukuroi; 1 Kawasaki; 7 Doha Diamond; 5 Eugene Diamond; 6 Rome Diamond; 2 Montreuil; 1 ETCh 1st League; 1 Turku; 3 Bellinzona; 1 Estonian
454
MÄGI Rasmus EST
518
FLANNERY Niall GBR
24y
117d
1991
49.23
48.80 -14
In 2014 replaced David Greene as British #1 at 400m Hurdles // 400 pb: 47.17 -15. 4 EJC 2009; 4 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-8); 4 COM 2014; sf ECH 2014. 1
UK 2014/2015; 1 English Schools 2007/2008/2009; 1 British Universities 2013/2014. His older brother is 1:48.95 800m runner Kieran Flannery. Studied
Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University. Coach-Nick Dakin
In 2015: 4 Geneva; 3 Prague Odložil; 2 Bydgoszcz; 1 UK; 1 Madrid ‘B’; 3 London Diamond; 1 Copenhagen; 1 British League Premiership/Aug 8 400 ‘B’ (pb
47.17)
530
GREEN Jack GBR
23y
319d
1991
49.31
48.60 -12
2011 European under-23 Champion at 400m hurdles. Excellent in relays (44.42 split in the 2012 Olympic heats)
400 pb: 45.99 -12. 400H pb: 48.60 -12. 5 WJC 2010 (3 4x400); 1 under-23 ECH 2011; sf OLY 2012 (fell) (4 4x400). 1 English Schools 2008. Born-Maidstone,
grew up in Folkestone. After his seasons in 2012 & 2013 were ruined with injury, he took a break from athletics in 2014. Coach-Loren Seagrave (formerly
Malcolm Arnold)
In 2015: 1 Clermont; 3 Gainesville; 6 IAAF Relays 4x400; 1 Munich; 1 Bedford Games; dnf Geneva; He given the chance to run individually on appeal, after
initially being selected only for the relay
23y
27d 1992
48.65
48.65 -15 NR
New World Student Games Champion. Irish record holder // 400 pb: 46.97i -14, 49.21 -12. 6 EJC 2011; sf ECH 2012/2014; 8 under-23 ECH 2013; 1 WSG
2015. 1 Irish 2011-2014. Engineering graduate from the University of Limerick
In 2015: 1 Irish Universities indoor 400; 1 Irish Universities; 1 Gainesville; 6ht IAAF Relays 4x400; 3 Doha Diamond; 1 Oordegem IFAM; 4 Rome Diamond; 2
ETCh 1st League; 1 WSG; 6 London Diamond; 1 Irish
599
BARR Thomas IRL
622
CATO Roxroy JAM
27y
111d
1988
48.72
48.48 -14
Finally became Jamaican Champion in 2014 at his sixth attempt // 400 pb: 46.97 -14 (47.44 -15). 3 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; ht OLY 2012; 4
Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; dq ht COM 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 NCAA div 2 2014. 1 Jamaican 2014. Attends Saint Augustine’s
University (Raleigh, North Carolina). Coach-George Williams
In 2015: 1 Winston-Salem; 2 Raleigh Relays; 1 Elon; 6 Drake Relays; 3 Greensboro; 1 Ponce ‘B’; 4 New York Diamond; 2 Jamaican; 3 Pan-Am Games
628
GREEN Leford JAM
28y
280d
1986
49.22
48.47 -10
(It’s LEE-ford)
2012 Olympic finalist. 4x Jamaican Champion // 400 pb: 45.46 -11 (46.18 -15). 400 pb: 20.41w -09, 20.61 -11 (20.72w, 21.15 -14). 4 WCH 4x400 2007 (44.50
split). 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2011; 7 OLY 2012; sf WCH 2013; dq ht COM 2014; 6 Pan-Am
Games 2015. 1 Jamaican 2010-2013. Ex-kickboxer and soccer player. Coach-Lennox Graham
In 2015: 6 Baie Mahault; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 2 Kingston All-Comers 3 400; 2 Kingston All-Comers 4; 9 Kingston All-Comers 5 400; 3 Jamaican; 6
Pan-Am Games
643
WHYTE Annsert JAM
28y
133d
1987
48.90
48.58 -14
400 pb: 46.19 -09. sf Pan-Am Games 400 2011; sf WCH 2013; dnf COM final 2014. 1 Jamaican 2015. With Racers Track Club (Bolt, Blake etc)
In 2015: 1 Kingston GC Foster; 8 Drake Relays; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 2 Cayman Invitational; 1 Kingston All-Comers 2; 7 New York Diamond; 1
Jamaican; 2 Lucerne
661
KISHIMOTO Takayuki JPN
25y
107d
1990
49.17
48.41 -12
5x Japanese Champion, but with an unfortunate history of disqualifications in bigger races
dq Asian Champs final 2011 for false starting; 2 WSG 2011; sf WCH 2011; dq ht OLY 2012 for illegal hurdle clearance; dq sf WCH 2013 for illegal hurdle
clearance; 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 2 Asian Games 2014. 1 Japanese 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014
In 2015: 2 Japanese; 1 Sapporo Nambu; 1 Tokyo
662
KONISHI Yuta JPN
25y
21d
1990
49.58
49.41 -11
23y
346d
1991
49.38
49.38 -15
48.29
48.29 -15
2015 Asian Champion // 1 Asian Champs 2015. 3 Japanese 2014/2015
In 2015: 3 Fukuroi; 2 Kawasaki; 1 Asian Champs; 3 Japanese; 6 Lapinlahti; 6 Chiba Juntendo
664
MATSUSHITA Yuki JPN
2015 Japanese Champion. Started as a Decathlete but held back but poor shot & discus
pbs at Decathlon events:
100: 10.70w/11.05; LJ: 7.25; SP: 10.06; HJ: 1.93; 400: 47.43; 110H: 14.25; DT: 33.53; PV: 4.40; JT: 54.49; 1500: 4:23.49
Decathlon pb: 7508 -15. 1 Japanese Universities Decathlon 2013; 1 Japanese 400H 2015
In 2015: 1 Fukuroi ‘B’; 2 Kumagaya; 1 Japanese; 2 Sapporo Nambu; 2 Tokyo; 1 Chiba Juntendo
679
BETT Nicholas KEN
23y
67d
1992
2014 African Championship bronze // ht COM 2014; 3 African Champs 2014. 2 Kenyan 2013/2014 (2011-3)
In 2015: 4 Nairobi; 1 Potchefstroom Open; 7 Dakar Challenge; 1 Lappeenranta; 4 Montreuil; 2 Lahti; 3 Turku; 2 Kenyan; 1 Lapinlahti; 1 Kenyan World
Championship Trial (pb down from 49.03 to 48.29, threatening the long standing Kenyan record of 48.24 set by Erik Keter in 1993)
693
KOECH Haron KEN
49.50
49.50 -15
48.92
48.92 -15
In 2015: 3 Kenyan; 3 Kenyan World Championship Trial
705
TUMUTI Boniface KEN
23y
110d
1992
400 pb: 45.07 -14. 3 African Champs 400/4x400 2014. 1 Kenyan 2015
In 2015: 6 Dakar Challenge; 2 Lappeenranta; 2 Regensburg Sparkassen; 4 Turku; 1 Kenyan; 2 Lapinlahti; 2 Kenyan World Championship Trial
30y
99d 1985
50.18
49.02 -12 NR
Mozambican record holder at 100m, 400m & 400m hurdles // 100 pb: 10.71 -07. 400 pb: 46.50 -07. ht WJC 2002; ht OLY 2004; ht WCH 2005/2007/2009/2011;
sf COM 2006 (2010/2014-ht); 3 African Champs 2006 (2012-7); 2 WSG 2007 (2011-3); 2 African Games 2011 (2007-5); sf OLY 2012. Trains with LJ van Zyl &
Cornel Fredericks. coach-Hennie Kotze
Carried flag at opening ceremony in Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014, he did the same job at the Beijing Olympics
In 2015: 4 Pretoria; 6 Potchefstroom Open; 1 Geneva ‘B’; 7 Prague Odložil; 1 Warri Relays
754
COUTO Kurt MOZ
757
MARITZ Hardus NAM
25y
103d
1990
50.14
50.14 -15
30d
1992
48.84
48.84 -15
7 African Games 2011; 5 African Champs 2014
In 2015: 3 Sasolburg; 2 Potchefstroom; 1 Windhoek; 3 South African Universities; 3 Potchefstroom Open
773
UKAOMA Miles NGR
23y
Full name-Miles Arthur Onwubiko Ukaoma
Ukaoma pronounced ‘you-coma’
400 pb: 47.14i -12, 47.95 -09. 110H pb: 13.85 -14. 7 COM 4x400 2014; 6 African Champs 2014 (2 4x400); 1 NCAA 2014. 1 Nigerian 2015Student of advertising
at the University of Nebraska. Born in USA to Nigerian parents, he has had dual citizenship since birth
In 2015: 4 Austin 200 ‘B’; 2 Waco; 7ht IAAF Relays 4x400; 2 Clermont; 3 Ponce; 5 New York Diamond; 2 Cork City; 3 Madrid; 5 Lucerne; 1 Nigerian
778
COCHRANE Mike NZL
24y
8d
1991
50.07
49.72 -14 NR
2015 Oceanian Champion // 110H pb: 14.04w -14, 14.07 -13. sf WJC 2010 (ht 110H); 8 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 New Zealand 110H/400H 2014
In 2015: 1 Hobart; 1 Canberra; 1 Adelaide; dnf Waitakere; 2 Sydney Classic; 1 Oceanian; 4 Sint-Niklaas 200 ‘B’; 3 Kortrijk ‘B’; 5 Liège; 1 Dublin Morton; 3
Copenhagen; 2 Chiba Juntendo
26y 287d 1988
49.12
49.12 -15 NR
Born-USA of a Filipina mother, he was cleared to compete for Philippines from December 31, 2012
ht US Olympic Trial 2012; dnf Asian Champs 2013; ht WCH 2013; 6 Asian Games 2014; . Known as a “Fil-am” athlete due to hs background
In 2015: 1 El Paso; 1 Florida Relays ‘B’; 4 San Marcos Classic 100; 1 El Paso 100; 5 Kawasaki; 1 Cayman Invitational; 1 South East Asian Games 100/400H; 1
Tomblaine; 2 La Chaux-de-Fonds; 5 Cork City; 4 Kortrijk 100; 4 Lucerne
788
CRAY Eric PHI
794
DOBEK Patryk POL
21y
189d
1994
48.62
48.62 -15
2015 European under-23 Champion // 400 pb: 46.15 -13. 3 World Youth 2011; sf WJC 2012 (2 4x400); 2 EJC 2013 (2 4x400); sf ECH 2014; 2 ETCh 2015; 1
under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Polish 2014/2015
In 2015: 4 Polish indoor 400; 2 ETCh; 1 Sopot; 1 under-23 ECH; 2 Monaco Diamond; 1 Polish; 1 Kuortane
821
ALEJANDRO Eric PUR
29y
128d
1986
49.23
49.07 -14
400 pb: 47.65 -15. 200 pb: 21.60 -15. 1 Ibero-American 2012 (2014-2); sf OLY 2012; 5 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; sf WCH 2013
In 2015: 2 Florida Relays; 1 Coral Gables; 7 Drake Relays; 7 Clermont Elite 2 400; 4 Ponce; 5 Puerto Rican 200 ‘B’; 3 Montverde; 6 Cork City; 5ht Pan-Am
Games
31y
26d 1984
48.48
47.72 -10 NR
Olympic bronze & twice World silver // 400 pb: 45.99 -12. 800 pb: 1:49.97 -11 (1:50.33 -15). 110H pb: 13.91 -05. 3 WSG 2007; 1 Central American & Caribbean
Champs 2009 (2011-4); 2 WCH 2009/2011 (2007-sf, 2013-6); 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-3); 3 OLY
2012 (2008-sf); 2 Pan-Am Games 2015; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. Lifelong coach-Hector Amill. 1.98 tall
In 2015: 1 Mayagüez 800; 3 Drake Relays; 2 Doha Diamond; 2 Ponce; 6 Eugene Diamond; 3 Rome Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 4 Lausanne Diamond
822
CULSON Javier PUR
842
FREDERICKS Cornel RSA
25y
171d
1990
49.50
48.14 -11
Commonwealth Games & African Championships double within 12 days in 2014
400 pb: 46.95 -10. 2 World Schools Games 2006; 5 World Youth 2007; 4 WJC 2008; 4 WSG 2009; 1 African junior 110H/400H 2009; 5 WCH 2011 (sf WCH
2013); ht OLY 2012; 1 COM 2014; 1 African Champs 2014 (2010-2). 1 South African 2010/2012/2013/2014. Hobbies include canoeing. Coach-Hennie Kotze
(so he trains in Pretoria with LJ van Zyl)
In 2015: 4 Madrid; 3 Lapinlahti; 9 London Diamond
30y
32d 1985
48.78
47.66 -11 NR
4x African Champion. 2011 World bronze behind Greene & Culson // 3 World Youth Medley Relay 2001; 1 WJC 2002 (2004-4); 2 WJC 4x400 2004; 1 COM
2006 (2010-2, 2014-ht); 1 African Champs 2006/2008/2010; 2 WCP 2006; 1 African Games 2007; 5 OLY 2008 (2012-ht); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 3 WCH
2011 (2005-6, 2007/2013-ht, 2009-sf). 1 South African junior 2002/2003. 1 South African 2003/2005/2006/2008/2011/2015. Married distance runner Irvette van
Blerk on September 29, 2012, she was 10th in the 2013 London Marathon in 2:31:26. Coach-Hennie Kotze (he trains in Pretoria with Cornel Fredericks)
In 2015: 1 Pretoria 400 (Feb 13); 1 Pretoria (Mar 7); 1 Sasolburg; 1 South African (6th time); 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 6 Doha Diamond; 2 Prague
Odložil; 2 New York Diamond; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 5 Monaco Diamond; 2 London Diamond; His wife Irvette is in her last four weeks of pregnancy (she
tweeted on August 17)
860
van ZYL LJ RSA
863
CHALYY Timofey RUS
21y
136d
1994
49.42
48.69 -14
Fourth at 2014 European Championships // sf World Youth 400 2007; 7 WJC 2012 (3 4x400); 1 EJC 2013; sf WCH 2013; 4 ECH 2014. 1 Russian under-23
2015. He was 2013 European Junior Champion and by a huge margin (49.23 v 50.13)
In 2015: 3 Russian Teams; 8 Rome Diamond; 5 Prague Odložil; 1 Russian under-23; 3ht under-23 ECH; 3 Russian
870
KUDRYAVTSEV Denis RUS
23y
129d
1992
48.66
48.66 -15
2014 European bronze. Twice European Team Champion // 400 pb: 46.2 -14. ht WCH 2013; 5 WIC 4x400 2014; 1 ETCh 2014/2015; 3 ECH 2014. 1 Russian
2013/2015. Graduate from the Institute of Physical Culture of Tyumen State University
In 2015: 1 Russian Teams; 1 Prague Odložil; 1 ETCh; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 6 Madrid; 2 Zhukovskiy; 1 Russian
881
SHABLYUYEV Ivan RUS
27y
125d
1988
2015 World Student Games bronze medallist, when he progressed from 49.65 to 49.04
3 WSG 2015 (2013-5). 2 Russian 2015. Sports student from Pushkin Leningrad State University in St Petersburg
In 2015: 2 Russian Teams ‘B’; 1 Tartu; 3 WSG; 4 Lapinlahti; 2 Russian
893
N’DIAYE Amadou SEN
22y
257d
1992
50.16
49.61 -14
2013 World Student Games silver medallist // 400 pb: 47.12 -14 (47.29 -15). 7 World Youth 2009; sf WJC 2010; 1 African junior 110H 2011; 2 WSG 2013 (2015
-8); 6 Francophone Games 2013; 7 African Champs 2014. 1 French 2014
In 2015: 1 Sotteville-lès-Rouen ‘B’; 1 Dakar Challenge; 1 Île-de-France; 2 Reims; 1 Nogent-sur-Marne; 3 Tomblaine (Jul 1); 8 WSG; 2 La Roche-sur-Yon; 1
Tomblaine 400 (Jul 26)
911
HUSSEIN Kariem SUI
26y
142d
1989
48.45
48.45 -15
2014 European Champion in his hometown // ht OLY 2012; 1 ECH 2014 (2012-sf); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Swiss 2011/2012/2013/2014/2015. He
holds dual nationality with Egypt (his father Ehab is from that country and moved to Switzerland in the early 1980s)
In 2015: 1 Basel; 1 Swiss Clubs; 4 Eugene Diamond; 5 Rome Diamond; 3 ETCh 1st League; 6 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Bellinzona; 1 Swiss (5th time)
23y 279d 1991
49.22
47.69 -13 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
(Jehue pronounced “J-Hugh”)
2013 World Champion in a photo-finish with Michael Tinsley USA
110H pb: 13.82 -12. 400 pb: 46.43 -10. 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009; 1 WJC 2010 (2008-sf); 6 OLY 2012; 1 WCH 2013 (2009-4 aged just 17,
2011-sf); 2 COM 2014 (bronze 4x400). 1 Trinidadian 2008/2009/2010/2011/2013. Coach-Ian Hypolite says he has the potential to run 13 strides between
hurdles all the way throughout the race (as did Kevin Young)
In 2015: 1 Port of Spain; 6 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; dnf Eugene Diamond; 7 Rome Diamond; 6 New York Diamond; 1 Trinidadian; 8 Lausanne Diamond;
5 Madrid; 3ht Pan-Am Games 4x400 (so awarded gold won by team in final in which he was replaced by 44.36 man Machel Cedenio)
939
GORDON Jehue TTO
953
SGHAIER Mohamed TUN
956
COPELLO Yasmani TUR
990
SILVA Andrés URU
1005
CLEMENT Kerron USA
27y
33d 1988
49.22
49.22 -15 NR
Tunisian record holder // ht WJC 2006; 5 African Champs 2012; 2 Arab 2013 (2011-3, 2015-4); 3 Francophone Games 2013 (2009-8)
In 2015: 4 Arab; 1 Salon-de-Provence; 1 Tourcoing; 3 Geneva; 1 Colmar; 4 Tomblaine; 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds; 2 French; 6 Monaco Diamond; 1 La Roche-surYon ‘B’
28y 128d 1987
49.39
49.39 -15 NR
Full name-Yasmani Copello Escobar
TRANSFEREE – Former Cuba, has lived in Turkey since April 25, 2012, acquired Turkish citizenship on October 21, 2013 and cleared by IAAF to compete for
Turkey from April 30, 2014
400 pb: 46.77 -09. 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2008 (2009-5); 1 Cuban National Games 2010; 1 Balkan 2015
In 2015: 1 Pavia; 1 Mersin; 1 Istanbul; 4 ETCh 1st League; 3 Lignano; 1 Erzurum (Turkish record 49.39); 1 Balkan
29y 147d 1986
49.43
48.65 -14 NR
Uruguayan record holder and multiple South American Champion at 400m flat & hurdles
400 pb: 45.02 -06 (47.75 -15). ht WJC 400 2002; 1 World Youth Octathlon 2003; 5 WJC Decathlon 2004; ht OLY 400 2004/2008; 1 Pan-Am Junior Decathlon
2005; 1 South American 400 2005/2006/2007/2009 (1 400H 2009/2011/2015); ht WIC 400 2006/2010/2012; ht WCH 400 2007; sf WCH 400H 2009/2011
(2013-ht); ht OLY 400H 2012; 1 Ibero-American 2014 (pb down from 49.16 to 48.65)
In 2015: 1 Montevideo 800; 2 São Bernardo 800; 1 Buenos Aires 400 (Mar 25); 1 Buenos Aires 400H (Mar 27); 1 Montevideo 400H (Apr 17); 2 Montevideo
400H (Apr 19); 2 Lima 800; 5 Ponce 400H; 1 South American 400H; 1 Uruguayan 400/400H; 7 Pan-Am Games 400H
29y
294d
1985
48.44
47.24 -05
Twice World Champion, but then eighth at both London 2012 & Moscow 2013
400 pb: 44.48 -07 (45.08 -15). 1 WJC 400/4x400 2004; 1 WCH 400H 2007/2009 (2005-4, 2011-sf, 2013-8); 2 OLY 400H 2008 (ran in heat of 4x400, so
awarded gold won by USA in final) (2012-8); 1 WCH 4x400 2009; 8 OLY 2012; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015. Ran in heat of 2010 World Indoor 4x400, so awarded
gold won by USA in final. 1 US 400H 2005/2006. 1 NCAA 400H 2004/2005. Broke Michael Johnson’s world indoor record at 400m with 44.57 in 2005. Born and
grew up in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, moved to Texas in 1998
He appears in the video for Run the World (Girls), a 2011 hit single by the singer Beyoncé
In 2015: 3 Florida Relays; 5 Drake Relays; 1 Clermont; 2 Montverde; 3 US; 4 Pan-Am Games (3 4x400)
1012
DUTCH Johnny USA
26y
213d
1989
48.13
47.63 -10
2014 US Champion // 110H pb: 13.50 -10. 1 Pan-American junior 110H/400H 2007; 2 WJC 2008; sf WCH 2009. 1 NCAA 2010; 1 US 2014. Studied Media Arts
at The University of South Carolina, he works as an independent film-maker. Agent-Ian Weakley (3 COM 400H 2002)
In 2015: 2 Blacksburg; 2 Winston-Salem; 1 Florida Relays; 4 Drake Relays; 2 Baie Mahault; 1 Greensboro; 1 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond; 2 US; 3
Monaco Diamond; 7 London Diamond
1029
JACKSON Bershawn USA
32y
105d
1983
48.09
47.30 -05
“Batman”
World Champion 10 years ago in Helsinki (running 47.30 in torrential rain)
400 pb: 45.45 -05. 3 WJC 2002; 1 WCH 2005 (2003-dq/ht, 2007-sf, 2009-3, 2011-6, 2013-dnf sf); 3 OLY 2008; 5 WIC 400 2010 (1 4x400); 3 IAAF Continental
Cup 2010; 1 WCH 4x400 2011. Ran in heat of 2007 World 4x400, so awarded gold medal won by USA in final. 1 US 2003/2008/2010/2015. 1 US indoor 400
2010. Born-Miami, middle of three children. 1.73 tall
In 2015: 1 Waco; 1 Drake Relays; 1 Baie Mahault; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Doha Diamond; 2 Eugene Diamond; 1 US (4th time); 1 Lausanne
Diamond; 1 Monaco Diamond
1060
STIGLER Michael USA
23y
137d
1992
48.44
48.44 -15
2015 US Collegiate Champion // 110H pb: 13.77 -14 (13.78w, 14.02 -15). 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012/2014. 2 US 2014; 1 NCAA
2015 (2013/2014-2). Student of Communications at University of Kansas
In 2015: 1 Texas Relays; 3 Baylor Invitational 110H; 1 Fayetteville 110H; 1 Kansas Relays (3 110H); 1 Joplin 200 ‘B’; 1 Lawrence Classic; 1 Ames ‘Big 12’ (6
110H); 1 NCAA; 4 US; 7 Monaco Diamond; 4 London Diamond; 2 Atlanta
1063
TINSLEY Michael USA
31y
121d
1984
48.34
47.70 -13
2012 Olympic silver. 2013 World Championship silver (0.01 behind Jehue Gordon). Twice US Champion
110H pb: 13.86 -04. 2 OLY 2012; 2 WCH 2013; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 NCAA 2006 (2005-3); 1 US 2012/2013. Was a student of Criminal Justice at
Jackson State University. On his left shoulder is a tattoo of the Japanese character for “strength”. Coach-Darryl Woodson
In 2015: 4 Austin 200; 2 Drake Relays; 3 Eugene Diamond; 2 Rome Diamond; 3ht US (he did not need to compete further because he had a World
Championship wildcard entry having won the 2014 Diamond Race); 5 Lausanne Diamond; 4 Monaco Diamond; 1 London Diamond
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....46.78.......Kevin Young USA...................... 1992
2.....47.02.......Edwin Moses USA..................... 1983
3.....47.03.......Bryan Bronson USA................... 1998
4.....47.10.......Samuel Matete ZAM.................. 1991
5.....47.19.......Andre Phillips USA..................... 1988
6.....47.23.......Amadou Dia Bâ SEN..................1988
7.....47.24.......Kerron Clement USA..................2005
=8...47.25.......Felix Sanchez DOM................... 2003
.......47.25.......Angelo Taylor USA.....................2008
10...47.30.......Bershawn Jackson USA.............2005
1.....48.09.......Bershawn Jackson USA
2.....48.13.......Johnny Dutch USA
3.....48.29.......Nicholas Bett KEN
4.....48.34.......Michael Tinsley USA
=5...48.44.......Michael Stigler USA
.......48.44.......Kerron Clemen USA
7.....48.48.......Javier Culson PUR
8.....48.51.......Jeffery Gibson BAH
9.....48.62.......Patryk Dobek POL
10...48.65.......Thomas Barr IRL
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BADEN Joel AUS
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
19y
201d
1996
2.23
2.29 -14
21y
270d
1993
2.30
2.30 -15
8 WJC 2014. 1 Australian youth 2013 & junior 2014
In 2015: 2 Gold Coast; 1 Brisbane; 2 Chiba Juntendo
183
STARC Brandon AUS
6 WJC 2012; dnq WCH 2013; 8 COM 2014. 1 Australian 2013/2015. His older brother is international cricket player Mitchell Starc. Coach-Alec Stewart. 1.88 tall
In 2015: 2 Canberra; 1 Australian Capital Territory; 1 New South Wales State; 1 Sydney Classic; 1 Australian; 3 Fukuroi; 8 Kawasaki; 1 Chiba Juntendo
200
BARRY Trevor BAH
32y
68d
1983
2.28
2.32 -11
2011 World bronze. 2010 Commonwealth Games silver // 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 2006/2010; 2 COM 2010; 1 Central American & Caribbean
Champs 2011 (2008-2); 3 WCH 2011 (2009-dnq); 8 WIC 2012 (2010-dnq); dnq OLY 2012. 1 Bahamian 2006/2009/201. 1.90 tall
In 2015: 2 Tempe; 3 Mt SAC Relays; 10 Drake Relays; 3 Bahamian; 3 Edmonton Classic; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean
203
INGRAHAM Ryan BAH
21y
292d
1993
2.28
2.30 -13
2012 World junior bronze // 1 Youth Olympic Games ‘B’ 2010; 2 Pan-Am junior 2011; 3 WJC 2012; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; =10 WCH
2013; dnq WIC 2014; =9 COM 2014; 6 Pan-Am Games 2015; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 Bahamian 2013/2014/2015
In 2015: 1 Coral Gables; 3 Baie Mahault; 1 San Diego Champs; 1 Bahamian; 6 Pan-Am Games; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean
206
THOMAS Donald BAH
31y
50d
1984
2.34
2.35 -07
Became World Champion in 2007 just a year after his first ever high jump competition
1 WCH 2007 (2009-dnq, 2011-11, 2013-6); dnq OLY 2008/2012; dnq WIC 2010/2012/2014; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; 2 IAAF Continental
Cup 2010; 1 COM 2010 (2006-4, 2014-9=); 1 Pan-Am Games 2011 (2007-2, 2015-3). 1 NCAA indoor 2007 (3 outdoors). He started 2006 as a basketball player
then on January 19 that year after a challenge from a friend he joined in with a high jump training session and cleared 2.14; two days later and improved to
2.22 wearing basketball shorts and flats. 1.88 tall
In 2015: 17 Drake Relays; 1 Baie Mahault; 7 Eugene Diamond; 11 Oslo Diamond; 5 Rabat; 2 Bahamian; 2 Paris Diamond; 2 Székesfehérvár; 3 Pan-Am
Games; 6 Stockholm Diamond
29y 226d 1986
2.25
2.34 -08 NR
5x African Champion. 2010 Commonwealth bronze // 1 African Champs 2006/2008/2010/2012/2014; 4 WCP 2006; 1 African Games 2007 (2011-2); 9 WCH
2007 (2009-13, 2011-dnq, 2013-10=); dnq OLY 2008; 6 WIC 2010; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 3 COM 2010 (2014-5=). Based-Cologne. Coach-Wolfgang
Ritzdorf. 1.88 tall
In 2015: 1 Pretoria; 2 South African; 9 Beijing Challenge; 6 Sinn; 8 Hengelo; 11 Prague Odložil; 5 Bühl; 1 La Chaux-de-Fonds; 5 Zeulenroda
247
KGOSIEMANG Kabelo BOT
278
SILVA Talles Frederico BRA
24y
1d
1991
2.28
2.28 -15
Full name-Talles Frederico Sousa Silva // 1 South American under-23 2012; 1 South American 2013 (2011-5, 2015-2); 5 Ibero-American 2014; 9 Pan-Am
Games 2015. 1 Brazilian 2012
In 2015: 1 Jundiaí; 1 São Bernardo (Mar 15); 1 São Paulo (Mar 21); 1 Campinas; 1 São Paulo (Apr 4); 1 São Bernardo do Campo (Apr 18); 2 São Paulo State;
3 Brazilian; 1 São Bernardo do Campo (May 31); 2 South American; 2 São Bernardo do Campo (Jul 11); 9 Pan-Am Games
25y 168d 1990
2.37
2.40 -14 NR
Olympic & World Championship bronzes, then gold at the Commonwealth & Pan-American Games. In April 2014 became only the tenth man in history to jump
2.40
110H pb: 13.87w, 14.04 -13. 10 World Youth 2007; 1 Pan-Am junior 2009; =3 OLY 2012; 3 WCH 2013; 1 COM 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Pan-Am
Games 2015. 1 Canadian 2012/2015. 1 NCAA indoor 2010/2011; 1 NCAA 2010/2013. Coach-Jeff Huntoon. 1.94 tall
Described by Dwight Stones as “maybe one of the best technicians in the event today”. His older sister Jillian Drouin is a 5972 point Heptathlete with a high
jump best of 1.89
In 2015: 3 Sydney Classic; 1 Austin; 1 Drake Relays; 1 Bloomington; 7 Eugene Diamond; =6 Oslo Diamond; 4 Rabat; 1 Canadian; 1 Edmonton Classic; 1 PanAm Games; 6 Stockholm Diamond
310
DROUIN Derek CAN
315
MASON Michael CAN
28y
325d
1986
2.33
2.33 -15
2004 World Junior Champion. 2014 Commonwealth bronze. 2015 Pan-American Games silver
2.31i -15. dnq World Youth 2003; 1 WJC 2004; 4 North & Central American & Caribbean 2007; 8 WIC 2008/2014; 2 WSG 2009; 8 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); dnq
WCH 2013; 3 COM 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Canadian 2007/2008. Collects fridge magnets. Coach-Zbigniew Szelagowicz. 1.86 tall
In 2015: 2 Sydney Classic; 2 Mt SAC Relays; 8 Drake Relays; =5 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Burnaby; 2 Canadian; 2 Edmonton Classic; 2 Pan-Am Games; 3
Eberstadt
345
WANG Yu CHN
24y
3d
1991
2.31
2.33 -13
2013 World Student Games bronze // 4 Asian Indoor Champs 2012; 3 WSG 2013 (2011-4); dnq WCH 2013; dnq WIC 2014; 4 Asian Games 2014; 7 Asian
Champs 2015. 1 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Beijing. 1.90 tall
In 2015: 1 Jinan; 2 Beijing; 5 Kawasaki; 9 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Beijing Challenge; 7 Asian Champs
351
ZHANG Guowei CHN
24y
78d
1991
2.38
2.38 -15
World finalist indoors & out (he ripped off his shirt Robert Harting-style on qualifying for the 2011 World final)
8 Asian Champs 2011; 10 WCH 2011; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 2012 (2014-3); =4 WIC 2012 (2014-7); dnq OLY 2012; 9 WCH 2013 (2011-10); 6 IAAF
Continental Cup 2014; 2 Asian Games 2014. From-Shandong Province. 2.00 tall
In 2015: 1 Fresno; 1 Stanford Invitational; 1 Mt SAC Relays; 7 Drake Relays; 1 Beijing; 2 Kawasaki; 3 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Beijing Challenge; 2 Eugene
Diamond; 1 Oslo Diamond (beat Barshim, Bondarenko etc); 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final
385
HONDROKOÚKIS Dimítrios CYP
27y
207d
1988
2.26
2.32 -11/12
2012 World Indoor Champion for Greece, but two-year doping ban and transfer since then
2.33i -12. 12 World Youth 2005; 6 WJC 2006; 5 EIC 2011; =5 WCH 2011; 1 WIC 2012. 1 Greek 2012 (1 indoor 2012/2015). Served a doping ban in 2012-2014,
during which time he officially transferred allegiance from Greece to Cyprus. Coach/father-Kiriákos Hondrokoúkis (HJ pb 2.09 -77). 1.95 tall
In 2015: 1 Greek indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Cypriot; 1 Balkan
387
30y 352d 1984
2.30
2.36 -05 NR
2004 Olympic bronze at age 19. 15x Czech Champion (8 in + 7 out) // =10 World Youth 2001; 8 WJC 2002; =3 WIC 2004 (2003/2008-9, 2010/2012-dnq); 3
OLY 2004 (2008-6, 2012-dnq); 1 under-23 ECH 2005; 2 ETCh 2009 (2011-3=); 2 EIC 2011 (2009-dnq, 2013-3, 2015-5); 4 WCH 2011 (2003-11, 2005/2009-5=,
2007-8, 2013-dnq); 3 ETCh 2014; 4 ECH 2014 (2010-5, 2012-8). 1 Czech 2003/2005/2009/2011/2012/2013/2014 (1 indoor
2003/2005/2008/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015). Coach-Jan Jankú senior. 1.99 tall
In 2015: 1 Czech indoor; 5 EIC; 1 Valasské Mezirící; =7 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Beijing Challenge; 2 Ostrava; 1 European Clubs Cup; 2 Prague Odložil; 3 Rabat;
1 ETCh 1st League; 5 Baku; 7 Paris Diamond; 8 Eberstadt
BÁBA Jaroslav CZE
27y 322d 1987
2.28
2.37 -12 NR
Grabarz pronounced “Gra - Bars“
Shared 2012 Olympic bronze. In 2012 became Britain’s first European High Jump Champion outdoors since 1950
dnq EJC 2005; 12 WJC 2006; =6 WIC 2012; 1 ECH 2012; =3 OLY 2012; 6 EIC 2013 (2011-dnq); 8 WCH 2013; dnq WIC 2014; 6 ETCh 2015. 1 English
2010/2011; 1 UK 2012/2013/2015; 1 UK indoor 2013/2014. Winner of the 2012 Diamond Race. Born-Enfield. Polish grandfather. Coach-Fayyaz Ahmed. 1.91
tall
In 2012 he jumped eight personal bests of 2.29i, 2.30i, 2.31i, 2.31, 2.33, 2.34, 2.36 & 2.37
His 2013 best was 2.31, but he was still easily the British #1
Missed 2014 season outdoors, needing surgery on his left knee
In 2015: 14 Drake Relays; 1 Bedford Games; 6 ETCh; 1 UK; 5 London Diamond; 8 Stockholm Diamond; 6 Eberstadt
519
GRABARZ Robbie GBR
561
ONNEN Eike GER
33y
18d
1982
2.32
2.34 -07
5 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 ECP 2007 (2006-7=); 7 WCH 2007; 10 ECH 2010. 1 German 2005/2006 (1 indoor 2007). Coach/mother-Astrid Fredebold-Onnen. 1.94
tall
In 2015: 2 German indoor; 1 Garbsen; 1 Stuttgart; 1 Zeven; 1 Bad Oeynhausen; 1 Regensburg; 1 Göttingen; 1 Bühl; 2 Cologne; 1 Verden; 2 German; 7
Eberstadt
563
PRZYBYLKO Mateusz GER
23y
164d
1992
2.30
2.30 -15
2.28
2.34 -13
11 World Youth 2009; dnf WJC 2010; 7 EJC 2011; 5 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq EIC 2015; 3 ETCh 2015. 1 German indoor 2015
In 2015: 1 German indoor; dnq EIC; 3 Eppingen; 1 Weinheim; 3 ETCh; 11 Bühl; 10 Cologne; 3 German; 9 Eberstadt
575
BANIÓTIS Konstadínos GRE
28y
288d
1986
2013 Mediterranean Games Champion // 5 ECP 2007; 12 under-23 ECH 2007; 8 ECP 2008; dnq OLY 2008/2012; 6 ETCh 2009; 8 ECH 2010 (2012/2014-dnq);
4 EIC 2011 (2009-6, 20132-9); 1 Mediterranean Games 2013 (2009-2); =10 WCH 2013 (2009/2011-dnq). 1 Greek 2008/2009/2010/2011/2013/2015 (1 indoor
2013). Coach-Yeóryios Tsoúggos. 2.00 tall
In 2015: 3 Greek indoor; 12 EIC; 1 Sérres; =6 Beijing Challenge; 4 Hengelo; 2 Haniá; 2 ETCh 1st League; 1 Greek (6th time); 3 Balkan
607
KROYTER Dmitriy ISR
22y
184d
1993
2.29
2.29 -15
2010 Youth Olympic Champion. 2015 European under-23 silver // 2 European Youth 2009; 1 Youth Olympic Games 2010; dnq EIC 2011; dnq WCH 2011; dnq
ECH 2012; 4 WJC 2012; 2 under-23 ECH 2015. Born-Russia, he moved to Israel aged six. Coach-Anatoliy Shafran. 1.89 tall
In 2015: 1 Tel Aviv (3x); 3 European Clubs Cup ‘B’; 3 ETCh 3rd League; 1 Jerusalem; 2 Tel Aviv; 2 under-23 ECH; 1 Moscow Kuts; 1 Portuguese; 1 Besigheim;
1 Schifflange
26y 114d 1989
2.33
2.33 -15 NR
Trains in Britain in the group of Robbie Grabarz (1 ECH 2012) // 2.34i -15. 7 WJC 2008; 9 ECH 2010; 6 EIC 2011 (2013-dnq); 5 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-6); 6
WIC 2014; =7 ECH 2014; 2 ETCh 2015 (2014-4). 1 Italian 2015 & indoor 2014. Coach-Fayyez Ahmed. 1.88 tall
In 2015: 4 Drake Relays; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike; =2 Bedford Games; 2 Oslo Diamond; 2 ETCh; 8 Paris Diamond; 1 London Diamond; 1 Italian; 5 Stockholm
Diamond; 5 Eberstadt
612
FASSINOTTI Marco ITA
617
TAMBERI Gianmarco ITA
23y
80d
1992
2.37
2.37 -15
Italian record holder. Fifth at 2012 European Championships, with his hair coloured blue. His 2015 gimmick is a half-beard (“I like to be on stage to entertain the
audience”)
dnq World Youth 2009; 3 EJC 2011; 5 ECH 2012 (2014-7=); dnq OLY 2012; 5 EIC 2013 (2015-7). 1 Italian 2012/2014. He plays drums for a band called “The
Dark Melody” which has a classic 1970s rock repertoire. His elder brother Gianluca Tamberi was fourth in the javelin the 2009 European Junior Championships.
Coach/father-Marco Tamberi (pb 2.27 -83). 1.89 tall
In 2015: 7 EIC; 9 Prague Odložil; 1 Ancona; 1 Lisbon; 2 Bühl; 1 Cologne; 5 Heusden; 2 London Diamond; 3 Stockholm Diamond; 2 Eberstadt
647
ETO Takashi JPN
24y
197d
1991
2.28
2.28 -14/15
2015 Asian Champion // dnq WJC 2010; 11 Asian Games 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015 (2011-4, 2013-7). 1 Japanese 2014 (2011/2012/2013/2015-2)
In 2015: 1 Fukuroi; 3 Kawasaki; 1 Asian Champs; 2 Japanese; 2 Cork City; 1 Zeulenroda; 1 Heusden
650
HIRAMATSU Yuji JPN
18y
222d
1997
2.28
2.28 -15
1992
2.29
2.31 -14
2 Youth Olympic Games 2014. 1 Japanese Universities 2015; 3 Japanese 2015
In 2015: 4 Fukuroi; 7 Kawasaki; 1 Kantō Regional; 1 Japanese Universities; 3 Japanese; dnq WSG; 1 Tokyo
672
TOBE Naoto JPN
23y
142d
3 WJC 2010 (2008-10); 5 Asian Champs 2011; 9 WSG 2013; 5 Asian Games 2014. 1 Japanese 2011/015; 1 Estonian 2014. 1.94 tall
He has been living and training in Estonia and working with the same managers (Aivar Karotamm Sports Management) as Bogdan Bondarenko
In 2015: 11 Banská Bystrica; 5 Kawasaki; 4 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Japanese; 9 Paris Diamond; 7 Székesfehérvár; 6 London Diamond; 9 Stockholm Diamond;
11 Eberstadt
726
STANYS Raivydas LTU
28y
199d
1987
2.26
2.31 -12
2012 European silver // dnq WJC 2006; dnq EIC 2009/2015; 2 ECH 2012 (2014-nh in final); dnq OLY 2012; 4 WSG 2015 (2011-5, 2013-7). 1 Lithuanian
2008/2009/2011/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2007/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2015). 1.94 tall
In 2015: 1 Lithuanian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Kaunas; 2 European Clubs Cup ‘B’; 1 Lithuanian Teams; 6 Prague Odložil; 7 Rabat; 4 ETCh 1st League; 4 WSG; 1
Lithuanian
792
BEDNAREK Sylwester POL
26y
115d
1989
2.26
2.32 -09
Surprise world bronze medallist in 2009 when he improved by 4cm (but no improvement since then)
4 World Youth 2005; 2 WJC 2008 (2006-4); dnq EIC 2009/2015; 1 under-23 ECH 2009; =3 WCH 2009; =8 ETCh 2010 (2015-10); 10 ECH 2010. 1 Polish
2014/2015 & indoor 2009/2015. 1.96 tall
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Polish Universities; =7 Prague Odložil; 10 ETCh; 3 Katowice; 6 WSG; 1 Polish; 1 Nové Mesto nad MetujÍ; 1 Tábor; 1
Viersen
24y
58d 1991
2.41
2.43 -14 NR
Full name-Mutaz Essa Barshim Ahmed (“The Prince of the High Jump” - now with 2.43, he is outright second on the world-all time list)
1 Asian junior 2010; 1 WJC 2010; 1 Asian Games 2010/2014 & Asian Champs 2011; 1 World Military Games 2011; 1 Pan-Arab 2011; 1 Asian Indoor Champs
2012/2014; =3 OLY 2012; 2 WCH 2013 (2011-7); 1 WIC 2014 (2010-dnq, 2012-9=); 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 3 Asian Champs 2015. He was born in Doha
of a Qatari father and Sudanese mother. Coach-Stanisław Szczyrba. 1.89 tall
His younger brother Muamer Aissa Barshim was Asian Games bronze medallist in 2014
In 2015: 4 /4 wins indoors with a best of 2.41 at Athlone; 1 Arab; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Eugene Diamond; 3 Asian Champs; =3 Oslo Diamond; 5 Paris
Diamond; 1 Székesfehérvár; 3 London Diamond; 2 Stockholm Diamond
826
BARSHIM Mutaz Essa QAT
832
DONISAN Mihai ROU
27y
27d
1988
2.29
2.31 -13
10x Romanian Champion (5 in + 5 out) // TJ pb: 14.87w -14. 10 under-23 ECH 2009; 1 Francophone Games 2009 (2013-2); dnq WIC 2012/2014; 8 ECH 2012
(2010-dnq, 2014-11=); dnq EIC 2011/2013/2015; dnq WCH 2013. 1 Romanian 2010/2011/2012/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2009/2011/2013/2014/2015).1.93 tall
He was a member of the Bucharest Fire Brigade and set his outdoor personal best of 2.30 when winning at the 2011 World Police and Fire Games in New York
– now he has joined the Romanian Police Force
In 2015: 1 Romanian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Swiss Clubs; 1 Romanian International Champs; 6 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’; 1 Pitești (Jun 6);
4 Prague Odložil; 10 Oslo Diamond; 3 ETCh 1st League; 1 Pitești (Jun 27); 1 Cork City; 1 Romanian; 4 Balkan
888
TSYPLAKOV Daniyil RUS
23y
22d
1992
2.33
2.33 -14/15
(Pronounced “Zip - lak - ov”)
Two big titles already in 2015: European Indoor & World Student Games
2.34i -14. 3 World Youth 2009; 4 EJC 2011; 2 under-23 ECH 2013; 5 WIC 2014; 5 ECH 2014; 1 EIC 2015; 1 ETCh 2015; 1 WSG 2015. 1 Russian 2014/2015.
Student of Management at Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service
In 2015: 3 Russian indoor; 1 EIC; 1 Krasnodar; 5 Eugene Diamond; 3 Prague Odložil; =6 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh; 1 Paris Diamond; 1 WSG; 1 Russian
29y 145d 1986
2.32
2.41 -14 NR
Full name-Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov. 2012 Olympic Champion. 2010 World Indoor Champion. Twice European Indoor Champion
dnq WJC 2004; 1 EJC 2005; 4 WSG 2005; 1 EIC 2009/2011; 1 WIC 2010 (2012-3, 2014-2); 2 ECH 2010 (2006-12=, 2014-3); 1 OLY 2012; 4 WCH 2013 (2009
-10, 2011-5=); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Russian 2012/2013 (1 indoor 2007/2009/2010/2012). Played basketball for nine years, but fell out with his coach
and decided to try another sport. Coach-Sergey Klyugin (1 OLY HJ 2000). 1.96 tall
Famous for his drunken appearance in Lausanne 2008, which brought a warning from the IAAF and also millions of views on YouTube
In 2015: 4 Eugene Diamond; 8 Oslo Diamond; 2 Rabat; 9 Paris Diamond; 8 Székesfehérvár; 2 Russian
889
UKHOV Ivan RUS
900
ROSSI Eugenio SMR
23y
167d
1992
2.27
2.27 -15 NR
Sammarinese record holder indoors & out // dnq ECH 2012/2014; dnq EIC 2013; 2 Small States of Europe Games 2013/2015. 1 Italian under-23 2014
In 2015: 3 Italian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Parma; 2 Small States of Europe Games; 6 ETCh 3rd League; 1 Caprino Veronese; 1 Nembro; 4 Italian; 5 Viersen
909
IDRIS Ali Mohamed Younes SUD
25y
340d
1989
2.28
2.28 -15 NR
Sudanese record holder indoors & out. 2011 African Games winner // 1 African Games 2011; 2 African Champs 2012 (2010-3=); dnq WCH 2013; dnq WIC
2014; 2 Arab 2015
In 2015: 1 French indoor; 2 Arab; 1 Haguenau; 6 Eppingen; 1 Sinn; 1 Angers; 1 Namur; 10 Rabat; 3 Bühl; =8 Cologne; 2 French; =3 Heusden; 3 Viersen; 2
Leuven
913
BUBENÍK Matúš SVK
25y
280d
1989
2.29
2.29 -15
2015 World Student Games silver // 8 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq EIC 2013/2015; dnq ECH 2014; 2 WSG 2015. 1 Slovak 2014/2015. Student of Sport
Management at Masaryk University in Brno
In 2015: dnq EIC; 1 Kladno; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 6 Baku; 2 WSG; nh London Diamond; 1 Slovak
28y 122d 1987
2.29
2.29 -15 NR
Syrian record holder. Second in 2011 Asian Championships // dnq OLY 2008/2012; 2 Asian Indoor Games 2009 & & Champs 2011; dnq WCH 2009/2011/2013;
8 World Military Games 2011; 2 Asian Champs 2011 (2007-14, 2009-8, 2013-5); dnq WIC 2012; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 2014; =6 Asian Games 2014. He was
Syria’s flagbearer at the London Olympic Opening ceremony. 1.93 tall
In 2015: 8 Asian Champs; 2 Bangkok; 1 Pathumthani; 1 Chanthaburi
924
GHAZAL Majed El Dein SYR
935
HSIANG Chun-Hsieng TPE
21y
351d
1993
2.28
2.28 -15 NR
2015 World Student Games bronze // 3 Asian junior 2010; dnq WJC 2010/2012; =6 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 9 Asian Indoor Champs 2014; nh Asian
Games 2014; 2 Asian Champs 2015 (2011-7); 3 WSG 2015
In 2015: 1 Taipei (Mar 18); 1 Taiwanese Universities; 1 Taipei (May 16); 2 Asian Champs (one place ahead of Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT); 4 Bangkok; 3
Pathumthani; 7 Chanthaburi; 3 WSG
25y 356d 1989
2.37
2.42 -14 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
In 2013/2014 regularly near to one of the toughest world records in athletics
1 World Schools Games 2006; 1 WJC 2008 (2006-3); 9 EIC 2009; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 7 OLY 2012; 1 ETCh 2013; 1 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq); 1 ECH 2014
(2012-11); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Ukrainian 2011. In November 2009 he had surgery on his take-off foot, then after two months more surgery on both
feet. Coach/father Viktor Bondarenko was a 7500 point decathlete. 1.97 tall
He lists his hobbies as fishing, billiards & watching films
In 2015: 1 Kawasaki; 2 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike; 5 Oslo Diamond; 1 Rabat; 8 Baku (hampered with injuries to his foot and back)
976
BONDARENKO Bogdan UKR
979
KRYMARENKO Yuriy UKR
32y
10d
1983
2.28
2.34 -13
Surprise World Champion outdoors in Helsinki 2005 when he was the only one to clear 2.32 of eight men in at that height
1 World Military 2003; 3 under-23 ECH 2005; 1 WCH 2005 (2007/2009/2013-dnq); =6 WSG 2005; dnq OLY 2008; 1 ETCh 2009; dnq WIC 2010; dnq EIC 2013;
6 ECH 2014. 1 Ukrainian 2005/2008/2013 (1 indoors 2013/2014). In Helsinki 2005 his high point there was measured at 2.40. 1.85 tall
In 2015: 2 Ukrainian indoor; dnq EIC; 3 Montgeron; 3 Hengelo; 7 Ostrava Golden Spike; 4 Opole; 3 Ukrainian Teams; 3 Ukrainian Cup (Jul 21); 7 Ukrainian
980
PROTSENKO Andrii UKR
27y
92d
1988
2.32
2.40 -14
He made it an Ukrainian 1-2 with his 2014 European Championship silver after Bogdan Bondarenko
3 under-23 ECH 2009; dnq ECH 2010; 12 WCH 2011 (2009/2013-dnq); =9 OLY 2012; 2 WSG 2013 (2011-11); 3 WIC 2014 (2012-dnq); 1 ETCh 2014 (2010-3);
2 ECH 2014. 1 Ukrainian 2012. Graduate of Biotechnology. 1.94 tall
In 2015: 6 EIC; =1 Ukrainian University Games; 1 Montgeron; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike; 6 Eugene Diamond; 9 Oslo Diamond; 1 Baku; 4 Székesfehérvár; 2
Ukrainian
988
YAKOVENKO Dmytro UKR
22y
337d
1992
2.30
2.30 -15
12 under-23 ECH 2013; 6 ETCh 2015. 1 Ukrainian 2015
In 2015: 3 Ukrainian indoor; 1 Ukrainian Cup (Feb 20); 1 Kherson; 4 Ukrainian University Games; 4 Mykolaiv; 1 Ukrainian Teams; 6 ETCh; 2 Berdychiv; 1 Tel
Aviv; 1 Ukrainian; 12 Eberstadt
1011
DUFFIELD JaCorian USA
22y
352d
1992
2.34
2.34 -15
1 NCAA indoors & out 2015; 2 US 2015. Student of Business Management at Texas Tech University
In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor; 1 Texas Relays; 1 Waco; 1 Drake Relays; 1 Lubbock; 1 Ames ‘Big 12’; 1 NCAA; 2 US; 1 Stockholm Diamond; 1 North/Central America
& Caribbean
1037
KYNARD Erik USA
24y
199d
1991
2.37
2.37 -13/14/15
(The “Kyn” pronounced as in next of kin). Surprise Olympic silver in 2012
dnq WJC 2008; 2 Pan-American junior 2009; 2 OLY 2012; 5 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq); 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 NCAA 2011/2012 (representing Kansas
State University); 1 US 2013/2015 (1 indoor 2015). Coach-Cliff Rovelto (same as Jamie Nieto and Jesse Williams). 1.93 tall
In 2015: 1 US indoor; 4 Drake Relays; 1 Lawrence Classic; =7 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Eugene Diamond; =3 Oslo Diamond; 1 US; 4 Paris Diamond; 4 London
Diamond; 4 Stockholm Diamond
1053
ROBINSON Jeron USA
24y
113d
1991
2.31
2.31 -15
3x NCAA Division 2 Champion // =4 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 NCAA div 2 2013/2014/2015. Student of Sociology at Texas A&M University. 1.87 tall
In 2015: 3 NCAA div 2 indoor; 7 Texas Relays; 1 San Angelo; 1 Baton Rouge; 10 Drake Relays; 1 San Angelo; 1 NCAA div 2; 4 US; =4 Pan-Am Games
1071
WILLIAMS Jesse USA
31y
237d
1983
2.31
2.37 -11
Former World Champion // =4 WJC 2002; 5 WIC 2010 (2012-6=); 1 WCH 2011 (2005/2007/2013-dnq); =9 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); =4 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1
US 2010/2011 (1 indoors 2010/2011/2012). 1 NCAA in/out 2005/2006. He wrestled in high school and was once fifth at the North Carolina state wrestling
championships. 1.83 tall
In 2015: 3 US indoor; 4 Drake Relays; 2 Eugene Twilight; =5 Shanghai Diamond; 5 Beijing Challenge; 7 Eugene Diamond; 3 US; 5 Edmonton Classic; =4 PanAm Games; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....2.45.........Javier Sotomayor CUB...............1993
2.....2.43.........Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT.......... 2014
=3...2.42.........Patrik Sjöberg SWE................... 1987
.......2.42.........Bogdan Bondarenko UKR..........2014
=5...2.41.........Igor Paklin KGZ.......................... 1985
.......2.41.........Ivan Ukhov RUS.........................2014
=7...2.40.........Rudolf Povarnitsyn UKR............ 1985
.......2.40.........Sorin Matei ROU........................ 1990
.......2.40.........Charles Austin USA................... 1991
.......2.40.........Vyacheslav Voronin RUS...........2000
.......2.40.........Derek Drouin CAN..................... 2014
.......2.40.........Andriy Protsenko UKR............... 2014
1.....2.41.........Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT
2.....2.38.........Zhang Guowei CHN
=3...2.37.........Bogdan Bondarenko UKR
.......2.37.........Erik Kynard USA
.......2.37.........Derek Drouin CAN
.......2.37.........Gianmarco Tamberi ITA
=6...2.34.........JaCorian Duffield USA
.......2.34.........Derek Drouin CAN
.......2.34.........Donald Thomas BAH
=9...2.33.........Marco Fassinotti ITA
.......2.33.........Daniyil Tsyplakov RUS
.......2.33.........Michael Mason CAN
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Men’s Pole Vault
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Entrants
NR
QBR
National Record
Qualified by ranking
Starts: Saturday, August 22
Age
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
28y 127d 1987
5.75
5.75 -15 NR
Twice South American Champion, across a span of 10 years // 1 Pan-Am junior 2003; 1 World Youth 2003; 1 WJC 2006 (2004-2); 3 WCP 2006; 1 South
American 2006/2015; dnq WCH 2007; dnq OLY 2008; 1 Ibero-American 2012/2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2007-3, 2011-4). From a family of vaulters, father
Guillermo (4.50 in 1981), older brother-Guillermo (5.20 in 2007) and younger sister Valeria (3.80 in 2005/2006). Grandparents are Italian, he had dual
citizenship with Italy. 1.95 tall
In 2015: 1 Buenos Aires; 3 Doha Diamond; nh Ostrava; 1 South American
168
CHIARAVIGLIO Germán ARG
215
ART Arnaud BEL
22y
205d
1993
5.65
5.65 -15
6 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 8 EJC 2011; nh WJC 2012; 7 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Belgian 2014/2015
In 2015: 1 St. Junien; 1 Vénissieux; 1 Bordeaux; 3 Forbach; 9 Pierre-Bénite; 3 ETCh 1st League; 1 Mont De Marsan; 4 Tomblaine; 1 St. Andre-de-Cubzac; 7
under-23 ECH; 1 Seraing; 1 Belgian
262
da SILVA Fábio BRA
32y
17d
1983
5.40
5.80 -11
Full name-Fábio Gomes da Silva
4x South American Champion // 12 WJC 2002; 1 Ibero-American 2004; 1 South American 2005/2007/2009/2011; 11 WSG 2005; 1 Pan-Am Games 2007 (2011
-5, 0150-nh); dnq WIC 2008; dnq OLY 2008/2012; 8 WCH 2011 (2007-10, 2009-dnq). 1 Brazilian 2005/2006/2007/2009/2010/2011/2014. Coach-Élson Miranda
de Souza (same as Fabiana Murer). 1.77 tall
In 2015: nh Mouilleron le Captif, Nevers & Łódź indoors; 1 São Paulo; 1 São Bernardo do Campo; 3 Brazilian; nh Pan-Am Games
21y 248d 1993
5.92
5.92 -15 NR
Full name-Thiago Braz da Silva
South American record holder // 2 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 1 WJC 2012; 1 South American 2013; dnq WCH 2013; 4 WIC 2014. 1 Brazilian 2015. He was
encouraged to take up pole vaulting by his uncle. Coach (in Formia) Vitaly Petrov (formerly Elson Miranda). 1.86 tall
In 2015: 1 Campinas; 1 Brazilian; 1 Ostrava; 2 Rome Diamond; 1 Prague Odložil; 1 Pila; nh Plock; 2 Baku; 2 Paris Diamond; 6 Lausanne Diamond; nh Pan-Am
Games
264
BRAZ Thiago BRA
267
DUTRA Augusto BRA
25y
36d
1990
5.81
5.82 -13
Full name-Augusto Dutra da Silva de Oliveira // 1 South American junior 2009; 2 Ibero-American 2012; 11 WCH 2013; 7 WIC 2014; 4 IAAF Continental Cup
2014. 1 Brazilian 2013. Four South American records in 2013 (two in and two out), though those records since broken by Thiago Braz
In 2015: 2 Brazilian; nh Eugene Diamond; nh South American; 1 Hilversum; 6 Madrid; 3 London Diamond; 9 Leverkusen
21y
86d 1994
5.91
5.91 -15 NR
Full name-Shawnacy
2015 Pan-American Games Champion // 3 WJC 2012; 11 WSG 2013; dnq WCH 2013; 2 Francophone Games 2013; 3 COM 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1
NCAA indoor 2014/2015; 1 NCAA 2015. 1 Canadian 2013/2014. His coach/father-George Barber was Canadian pole vault champion in 1983 and competed at
the first World Championships. Attends University of Akron. Born-New Mexico, lives-Toronto. 1.87 tall
In 2015: 9 / 9 wins indoors including Canadian indoor records of 5.87, 5.88, 5.90 & 5.91 to win NCAA indoors; 1 Texas Relays; 1 Akron (Apr 3); 1 Mt SAC
Relays ‘B’; 3 Drake Relays (Apr 22); =1 Drake Relays (Apr 25); 1 Austin; nh Akron (May 8); 1 Muncie Mid-American Conference; 1 NCAA; 1 Canadian; 1
Edmonton Classic; 1 Pan-Am Games; 2 London Diamond; 1 Schlanders; 1 Jockgrim; 1 Leverkusen; 2 Szczecin
301
BARBER Shawn CAN
350
YAO Jie CHN
24y
334d
1990
5.65
5.65 -15
1994
5.65
5.65 -15
5 Asian Champs 2015. 3 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Shanghai
In 2015: 1 Jinan; nh Taiyuan; 5 Asian Champs; 2 Chinese Grand Prix Final; 1 Shanghai; 1 Chinese Universities
353
ZHANG Wei CHN
21y
152d
2015 Asian Champion // 5.62i -13. 1 Asian junior 2012. nh WJC 2012; dnq WCH 2013 (no-heighted); 1 Asian Champs 2015. 6 Chinese National Games 2013.
From-Shandong Province. 1.78 tall
In 2015: 4 Nantou; 2 Jinan; nh Beijing Challenge; 1 Asian Champs; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final
364
HORVAT Ivan CRO
22y
4d
1993
5.65
5.65 -15 NR
Croat record holder // 8 World Youth 2009; 2 WJC 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 1 Balkan indoor 2012; dnq WCH 2013; =5 under-23 ECH 2015 (2013-10). 1 Croat
2009/2011/2012/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2013/2014/2015). 1.83 tall
In 2015: 1 Croatian indoor; 1 Osijek; 2 Zagreb (May 2); 2 Zagreb (May 16); 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’; 1 Celje; 1 Zagreb; 1 Croatian Teams; 1 ETCh 2nd
League; =5 under-23 ECH; 1 Croatian
32y 343d 1982
5.82
5.82 -15 NR
Official Czech record holder at 5.82 (though Jan Kudlička has vaulted 5.83 in an exhibition contest)
dnq WCH 2007; dnq EIC 2009/2015; =6 WIC 2010; dnq WCH 2013; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Czech 2007 & indoor 2009/2010/2014. Coach-Boleslav Patera
In 2015: dnq EIC; 1 Turnov; 8 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 European Clubs Cup; 1 Prague Academica; 7 Prague Odložil; 4 Pila; 2 Bydgoszcz; 1 Plock; 4 Baku; 2
Czech; 2 Prague Pražská Tyčka; 2 Rottach-Egern; 8 Monaco Diamond; 1 Tábor; 3 Schlanders; 8 Jockgrim
388
BALNER Michal CZE
393
KUDLIČKA Jan CZE
27y
113d
1988
5.75
5.83 -13
2014 World Indoor bronze, 2014 European bronze (shared with Kevin Ménaldo FRA)
6 World Youth 2005; 5 WJC 2006; =8 under-23 ECH 2009; 8 OLY 2012 (2008-10); 5 EIC 2013 (2015-7=); 7 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq); 3 WIC 2014; =2 ETCh
2014; =3 ECH 2014 (2010-10, 2012-6). 1 Czech 2008/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2013/2015). 1.83 tall
In 2015: 1 Czech indoor; =7 EIC; 2 Turnov; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike; 9 Rome Diamond; =2 Prague Odložil; 1 Kladno; 2 ETCh 1st League; 1 Czech; 1 Prague
Pražská Tyčka; 7 Paris Diamond; 3 Rottach-Egern; 6 Monaco Diamond; 2 Tábor; 6 Jockgrim
425
RIVERA Natan ESA
16y
252d
1998
4.70
4.70 -15
20y
158d
1995
5.65
5.65 -15
1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015
445
VALLES Adrian ESP
2015 European under-23 bronze medallist // dnq WJC 2014; 3 under-23 ECH 2015. 5 NCAA 2015. Attends University of Cincinnati
In 2015: 6 NCAA indoor; 1 Oxford OH; 10 Tennessee Relays; 5 Penn Relays; nh Kentucky Relays; 1 Louisville; 1 Storrs American Athletic Conference; 5
NCAA; 1 Spanish under-23; 3 under-23 ECH; 1 Gijón; 2 Spanish; nh Pamplona
28y 337d 1986
6.05
6.05 -15 NR
Outright world record holder with his indoor 6.16 from Donyetsk 2014. 2012 Olympic Champion. World athlete of the year for 2014
10 under-23 ECH 2007; 1 EIC 2009/2011/2013/2015; 1 ETCh 2009/2010/2014/2015 (2011-5); 1 ECH 2010/2012/2014; 1 WIC 2012 (2008/2010-dnq); 1 OLY
2012; 2 WCH 2013 (2009/2011-3); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014 (2010-2). 1 French 2010/2012/2013 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2013/2015). Coach-Philippe
D’Encausse (previously Damien Inocencio). 1.76 tall
His has his own pole vault bed and short run-up in the back garden of his house in Clermont-Ferrand (he can climb a nearby tree when he has to adjust adjust
the crossbar)
In 2015: 9 / 9 wins indoors, culminating with 6.04 to win his fourth European indoor title; 1 Drake Relays (Apr 22); 3 Drake Relays (Apr 25); 3 Vénissieux; 1
Eugene Diamond (6.05); 1 Rome Diamond; 1 ETCh; 5 Paris Diamond; 1 French; 1 Monaco Diamond; 1 London Diamond (6.03)
506
LAVILLENIE Renaud FRA
509
MÉNALDO Kevin FRA
23y
39d
1992
5.81
5.81 -15
2013 Mediterranean Games silver, 2014 European bronze (shared with Jan Kudlička CZE)
7 World Youth 2009; 2 EJC 2011; 2 Mediterranean Games 2013; 11 WIC 2014; =3 ECH 2014. 1 French indoor 2014
In 2015: 2 French indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Franconville; 3 Tourcoing; =6 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Forbach; 8 Rome Diamond; 10 Zweibrücken; 2 Tomblaine; 4 Paris
Diamond; =7 Lausanne Diamond; 2 French; 11 Monaco Diamond; 4 London Diamond
29y
93d 1986
5.50
5.82 -12 NR
2014 Commonwealth Games Champion // 5.71i -15. 3 World Youth 2003; 9 WJC 2004; 5 EJC 2005; 3 ECP 2008 (2006-5=, 2007-6); 4 EIC 2009 (2007-dnq,
2013-6=); 6 ETCh 2009 (2010/2014-nh); =7 WCH 2009 (2007-dnq, 2011-9=, 2013-dnq); =5 WIC 2012 (2008-dnq); =5 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); 1 COM 2014
(2006-3, 2010-2). 1 AAA 2006 & UK 2007/2008/2011/2012/2014/2015. 1 UK indoor 2008/2009/2010/2013. Training includes rock-climbing. Born-Stoke, livesLoughborough. His older brother Simon started vaulting but gave up when he was defeated by Steven. Coach-Dan Pfaff (formerly Steve Rippon). 1.92 tall
He claims that he likes to talk to his poles to, in his words,
“make sure we’re on good terms and ready for the big day.”
In 2015: nt Tempe; 3 Drake Relays (Apr 22); 9 Drake Relays (Apr 25); 4 Austin; =7 Baku; 1 UK; nh Rottach-Egern; nh Liège
534
LEWIS Steven GBR
557
HOLZDEPPE Raphael GER
25y
327d
1989
5.94
5.94 -15
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
2012 Olympic bronze. 2012 European bronze
nh EJC 2007; 1 WJC 2008 (2006-5); 3 ECH 2012 (2010-9); 3 OLY 2012 (2008-8); 8 EIC 2013; 1 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq); 2 ETCh 2015. 1 German 2015.
Coach-Andrei Tiwontchik (formerly Chauncey Johnson). 1.81 tall
Missed most of 2014 with lingering injuries to his back and hamstring (“I lost the rhythm of pole vaulting”)
In 2015: nh German indoor; 5 Malmö Games; nh Zweibrücken; 7 Doha Diamond; 2 Rehlingen; 3 Eugene Diamond; =6 Rome Diamond; 2 Zweibrücken; 2
ETCh; 1 Baku; nh Paris Diamond; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 7 Monaco Diamond; 1 German; 2 Jockgrim
562
PAECH Carlo GER
22y
275d
1992
5.80
5.80 -15
2 World Youth 2009; 7 EJC 2011; nh under-23 ECH final 2013; dnq EIC 2015. 2 German indoor 20015
In 2015: 2 German indoor; dnq EIC; 3 Athens; 2 Doha Diamond; 1 Recklinghausen; 1 Rehlingen; 1 Dessau; 1 Zweibrücken; nh Hof; 2 Landau; nh Sopot; 11
Paris Diamond; nh Lausanne Diamond; =9 Monaco Diamond; 3 German; 7 Jockgrim; 2 Leverkusen
567
SCHERBARTH Tobias GER
30y
4d
1985
5.73
5.73 -14
Outdoor pb: 5.73 -14. 5 under-23 ECH 2007; 4 WSG 2007; 4 ETCh 2014 (2010-5); dnq ECH 2014; 9 EIC 2015. 1 German 2014 & indoor 2015. Partner-2010
European 100m Champion Verena Sailer. Coach-Leszek Klima. 1.95 tall
In 2015: 4 North Rhine indoor; 7 Berlin ISTAF; 1 German indoor; 9 EIC; 5 Athens; 4 Doha Diamond; 3 Rehlingen; nh Dessau; =6 Rome Diamond; =2 Prague
Odložil; 5 Zweibrücken; nh Landau; 1 Madrid; 2 Liège; 2 German
28y 268d 1986
5.91
5.91 -15 NR
2014 World Indoor Champion // 4 World Youth 2003; 4 WJC 2004; 2 EJC 2005; 2 WSG 2005; 4 ETCh 2009/2010; 9 WSG 2009; 6 WCH 2011 (2009-dnq, 2013
-10); 7 OLY 2012; 4 ECH 2013 (2006/2010-dnq, 2012-5, 2014-7); 1 WIC 2014 (2010-4=). 1 Greek 2005//2009/2010/2012/2015 (1 indoor
2005/2007/2010/2011/2012/2013/2015). Served 19-month doping suspension 2007-2009. Coach-Dimitris Kitteas. Ex-gymnast. 1.88 tall
In 2015: 1 Greek indoor; 5 EIC; 4 Fukuroi; 2 Athens; 1 Doha Diamond; 2 Recklinghausen; 6 Eugene Diamond; 4 Rome Diamond; 1 Haniá; 1 ETCh 1st League;
1 Landau; 1 Paris Diamond; 4 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Monaco Diamond; 1 Greek; 2 Schlanders; 5 Jockgrim
577
FILIPPÍDIS Konstadínos GRE
668
OGITA Hiroki JPN
27y
234d
1987
5.65
5.70 -13
5.65
5.75 -13/15
dnq WJC 2006; 1 East Asian Games 2009; 2 Asian Champs 2011 (2015-4); dnq WCH 2013. 1 Japanese 2015. 1.85 tall
In 2015: 1 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Fukuroi; 2 Kawasaki; 1 Kansai Regional; 4 Asian Champs; 1 Japanese; 3 Madrid; 1 Liège
674
YAMAMOTO Seito JPN
23y
162d
1992
Sixth in 2013 World Championships // dnq/nh OLY 2012; 2 WSG 2013; 6 WCH 2013; nh Asian Games 2014; 2 Asian Champs 2015. 1 Japanese 2012
In 2015: 4 Mt SAC Relays; 2 Fukuroi; 1 Kawasaki; 1 Yokohama; 2 Asian Champs; 3 Japanese; 1 Sapporo Nambu; 2 Chiba Juntendo
676
FILIPPOV Nikita KAZ
23y
318d
1991
5.65
5.65 -15
2015 World Student Games Champion // 1 Asian junior 2010; 11 WJC 2010; 4 Asian Champs 2011 (2015-8); dnq OLY 2012; dnq WCH 2013; 5 Asian Games
2014; 1 WSG 2015 (2013-3). 1.93 tall
In 2015: 1 Kazakh Cup; 2 Beijing Challenge; 2 Busan; 8 Asian Champs; 1 Kazakh; 1 WSG; 1 Almaty (Jul 18); 3 Almaty (Jul 25)
719
ĀRENTS
Mareks LAT
29y
76d
1986
5.65
5.65 -15
13x Latvian Champion (7 out + 6 in) // dnq OLY 2012; dnq EIC 2013/2015; 8 WSG 2013; dnq WCH 2013; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Latvian
2008/2009/2010/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2008/2009/2011/2012/2013/2015). Coach-Igor Izotovs. 1.90 tall
In 2015: 1 Latvian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Zagreb; 1 Leibnitz; 1 Hartberg; 1 Zagreb; 2 Sopot; 7 Rehlingen; 4 Dessau; 2 Prague Academica; 4 Zary; 11 Prague
Odložil; 3 Pila; 3 Bydgoszcz; 7 Plock; 1 Somero (Jun 25); 1 Somero (Jun 27); 2 Somero (Jun 28); 3 Prague Pražská Tyčka; 3 Madrid; 1 Ried; 1 Valmiera; 1
Latvian (he’s competed 30 times already this year including a full indoor season)
800
LISEK Piotr POL
23y
4d
1992
5.82
5.82 -14
2015 European indoor bronze // 5.90i -15. 6 ECH 2014; 3 EIC 2015 (2013-dnq); 3 ETCh 2015 (2014-5). 1 Polish indoor 2013/2015. Lisek means Fox in English.
Coach-Wiaczesław Kalimiczenko
The tattoo across his back reads “Alea iacta est”, which is latin for “The die is cast”
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; 3 EIC; 1 Sasolburg; 1 Athens; 5 Doha Diamond; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike; 5 Eugene Diamond; 2 Zary; nh Pila; 3 Plock; 3 ETCh; 3
Baku; 2 Sopot; 8 Paris Diamond; 9 Lausanne Diamond; =9 Monaco Diamond; 3 Polish; 5 London Diamond; 3 Jockgrim; 1 Szczecin
810
SOBERA Robert POL
24y
214d
1991
5.70
5.80 -14
nh EJC final 2009; 4 WJC 2010; =6 EIC 2013; 4 ETCh 2013; 2 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-11); dnq WCH 2013; 6 WIC 2014; nh ECH final 2014; 3 WSG 2015.
1 Polish 2014 (1 indoor 2014). Coach-Dariusz Łoś. 1.83 tall
In 2015: 4 EIC; nh Rome Diamond; 3 Zary; 9 Prague Odložil; 6 Plock; 1 Hof; 3 Sopot; 1 Tomblaine; 3 WSG; 2 Polish; 8 Jockgrim; 4 Szczecin
813
26y
76d 1989
5.84
5.91 -11 NR
Surprise World Champion in 2011. 2014 European silver // 2 WJC 2008; 4 EIC 2011; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 1 World Military Games 2011; 1 WCH 2011; dnq
OLY 2012; dnq WIC 2014; 2 ECH 2014; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Polish 2015 & indoor 2011. Broke his cheekbone in December 2011 when a pole
slipped in his hands and hit him in the face. Coach-Włodzimierz Michalski. 1.85 tall
In 2015: 1 North Rhine indoor; 1 Sopot; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike; 2 Dessau; 5 Rome Diamond; 1 Zary; 2 Pila; 1 Bydgoszcz; 2 Plock; 1 Sopot; 8 Paris Diamond;
1 Lausanne Diamond; 4 Monaco Diamond; 1 Polish; 6 London Diamond; 4 Szczecin
WOJCIECHOWSKI Pawel POL
865
GERTLEYN Ivan RUS
27y
330d
1987
5.65
5.65 -15
22y
123d
1993
5.65
5.65 -15
=8 under-23 ECH 2009. 2 Russian 2015. Served two-year doping ban in 2012-2014
In 2015: 7 Russian Teams; 3 Moscow City; 2 Russian Cup; 2 Russian
866
GOROKHOV Georgiy RUS
3 Russian 2015 (2014-8). 7 Russian indoor 2015
In 2015: =1 Russian under-23 indoor; 1 Moscow (May 7); 1 Moscow (May 24); 1 Moscow City; 3 Russian under-23; 1 Russian Cup; 1 Moscow Kuts; 1 Yerino; 3
Russian
867
GRIPICH Aleksandr RUS
28y
334d
1986
5.71
5.75 -09
2015 European indoor silver. Former World Student Games Champion // 5.85i -15. 1 WSG 2009 (2011-2, 2013-5); 5 WCH 2009 (2013-dnq); dnq WIC 2010; =2
ETCh 2014 (2010-6, 2011-3, 2015-5); 5 ECH 2014 (2010-dnq); 2 EIC 2015. 1 Russian 2015 indoors & out. 1.74 tall
In 2015: 1 Russian indoor; 2 EIC; 3 Rome Diamond; 6 Prague Odložil; 5 ETCh; 5 Baku; 5 Paris Diamond; =7 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Russian
898
RENNER Robert SLO
21y
166d
1994
5.65
5.65 -15
Former World Youth Champion. 2015 European under-23 Champion // 1 World Youth 2011; 5 WJC 2012; dnq EIC 2013/2015; 1 under-23 ECH 2015; 1 Balkan
2015. 1 Slovenian 2017 & indoor 2011/2012/2013/2015
In 2015: 1 Slovenian indoor; dnq EIC; 2 Innsbruck; 2 Celje; 1 Celje; nh ETCh 2nd League; 1 under-23 ECH; 2 Ried; 1 Slovenian; 1 Balkan
981
REVENKO Vladyslav UKR
30y
278d
1984
5.65
5.80 -05
1 European Youth 2001; 2 WJC 2002; nh EJC final 2003; dnq EIC 2005; dnq WCH 2005/2013; 12 WSG 2007; 7 ETCh 2014. 1 Ukrainian 2014. 1.81 tall
In 2015: =5 Beijing Challenge; 2 Ukrainian Teams; 1 Ukrainian Cup (Jul 21)
996
BLANKENSHIP Jake USA
21y
159d
1994
5.80
5.80 -15
2015 Pan-American Games bronze // 3 World Youth 2011; 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015. 3 NCAA 2014; 2
NCAA indoor 2015; 3 US 2015. Coach/father-Kevin Blankenship. His speed coach is former world 400m record holder Butch Reynolds. His grandfather and
uncle are still competitive pole vaulters. Student of Electrical Engineering at the University of Tennessee. 1.83 tall
In 2015: 2 NCAA indoor; 3 Texas Relays; 1 Tennessee Relays; 1 Auburn; 1 Knoxville (May 2); 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference; 1 Knoxville (Jun 20); 3
US; 3 Pan-Am Games; 3 Chiba Juntendo
1028
IRWIN Andrew USA
22y
210d
1993
5.65
5.72 -12
Twice US Collegiate Champion indoors (the first time as a junior), representing the University of Arkansas
1 NCAA indoor 2012/2013. Coach-Doug Case. 1.91 tall
In 2015: 3 NCAA indoor; 1 Fayetteville; 1 Drake Relays; nh Fayetteville; 3 Starkville Southeastern Conference; 7 US; 4 Edmonton Classic
1033
KENDRICKS Sam USA
22y
347d
1992
5.82
5.82 -15
2015 US Champion indoors & out // 5.86i -15. 1 US 2014/2015 (1 indoor 2015). 1 NCAA 2013/2014. Graduate in general studies from the University of
Mississippi. Coach/father-Scott Kendricks
In 2015: 1 US indoor; 2 Texas Relays; =1 Drake Relays; 2 Eugene Diamond; 1 Louisville; 1 US; 3 Paris Diamond; 5 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Rottach-Egern; 3
Monaco Diamond; 1 Chiba Juntendo
1070
34y
61d 1981
5.72
6.04 -08 NR
2007 World Champion. No-heighted at two successive Olympic Games (though he did at least get to the final in London 2012)
1 WIC 2006 (2008-2, 2012-3); 1 WCH 2007 (2005-2, 2013-4); dnq OLY 2008 (no-heighted at 5.65 in qualifying); nh OLY final 2012 (again at 5.65). 1 NCAA
indoor 2003; 1 US 2005/2007/2009/2012/2013 & indoor 2006/2007/2008/2012. 1 Australian 2007. Studied Business Administration at the University of
Washington, graduated in 2004. 1.88 tall
In 2015: 1 Tempe; 2 Drake Relays (Apr 22); 4 Drake Relays (Apr 25); 2 Austin; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; nh Chula Vista; 2 US; 3 Edmonton Classic; 5
Monaco Diamond; nh London Diamond; nh North/Central America & Caribbean; nh Chiba Juntendo
WALKER Brad USA
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....6.14.........S. Bubka UKR (6.15i ’93)........... 1994
=2...6.05.........Maksim Tarasov RUS................ 1999
.......6.05.........Dmitri Markov AUS....................2001
.......6.05.........R. Lavillenie FRA (6.16i ’14)........... 2015
5.....6.04.........Brad Walker USA....................... 2006
=6...6.03.........Okkert Brits RSA........................ 1995
.......6.03.........Jeff Hartwig USA........................ 2000
=8...6.01.........Igor Trandenkov RUS................ 1996
.......6.01.........Tim Mack USA........................... 2004
.......6.01.........Yev. Lukyanenko RUS............... 2008
.......6.01.........Björn Otto GBR.......................... 2012
1.....6.05.........Renaud Lavillenie FRA
2.....5.94.........Raphael Holzdeppe GER
3.....5.93.........Shawn Barber CAN
4.....5.92.........Thiago Braz BRA
5.....5.91.........Konstadínos Filippídis GRE
6.....5.84.........Paweł Wojciechowski POL
=7...5.82.........Sam Kendricks USA
.......5.82.........Piotr Lisek POL
.......5.82.........Michal Balner CZE
=10.5.81.........Kévin Menaldo FRA
.......5.81.........Augusto Dutra BRA
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QBR
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Starts: Monday, August 24
Age
171
BREELL Quincy ARU
23y
(Days)
Born
123d
1992
2015 Best
7.72
Personal Best
7.72 -15 NR
Aruban record holder // dnq WCH 2013; 7 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 8 South American 2015; 8 Pan-Am Games 2015; 6 North/Central
America & Caribbean 2015
In 2015: 5 Clermont (Apr 18); 1 Cartagena; 8 South American; 10 Pan-Am Games; 6 North/Central America & Caribbean
177
LAPIERRE Fabrice AUS
31y
308d
1983
8.16
8.40 -10
In 2010 won at both the World Indoor Championships & Commonwealth Games
8.78w -10 (8.21w -15). 100 pb: 10.48w, 10.56 -04. 2 WJC 2002; 8 WCP 2006; dnq OLY 2008; 4 WCH 2009 (2011/2013-dnq); 1 WIC 2010 (2014-dnq); 7 IAAF
Continental Cup 2010; 1 COM 2010 (2006-3=, 2014-4). 1 NCAA 2005 (2006-2). 1 Australian 2009/2010. Graduate in Sciences from Texas A&M (Agricultural
and Mechanical) University. Born-Mauritius, moved to Sydney at age 2
In 2015: 1 Coolidge; nm Melbourne Challenge; 2 Chula Vista; 1 Austin; dnq Brazilian; 1 Marseille; 4 Rabat; 3 Paris Diamond; 2 Székesfehérvár; 1 Heusden
31y
13d 1984
8.20
8.22 -10 NR
Bermudan record holder. 2011 Central American & Caribbean Champion. 2012 Olympic finalist
dnq WIC 2008/2010; dnq OLY 2008; dnq WCH 2009/2011/2013; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010 & Champs 2011; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010;
5 COM 2010 (2014-8); 12 OLY 2012; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015. He has a degree in World History from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He can speak Russian.
They call him Tyrone “Sticks” Smith because (he explains) of his relatively thin legs
In 2015: 4 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Houston; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Tartu; 1 Rabat; 7 Paris Diamond; 1 Lignano; 4 Pan-Am Games
230
SMITH Tyrone BER
237
BARYCHEUSKI Kanstantsin BLR
25y
84d
1990
8.17
8.17 -15
179d
1994
8.07
8.18 -14
8.22w -15. 1 Belarusian 2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2015)
In 2015: 1 Brest; 1 Belarusian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Belarusian Universities; 1 Zhukovskiy; 1 Belarusian
249
ALVES Higor BRA
21y
Full name-Higor Silva Alves // dnq World Youth 2011; dnq WJC 2012; 1 Pan-Am junior 2013; 2 Ibero-American 2014; 10 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Brazilian
2014. Coach-Aristides Junqueira de Andrade Neto. 1.83 tall
In 2015: 6 São Paulo (Apr 4); 1 São Bernardo do Campo (Apr 18); 2 São Paulo State; 2 Brazilian; 5 Dessau; 6 Marseille; 6 Huelva; 1 São Bernardo do Campo
(Jul 11); 10 Pan-Am Games; 2 São Bernardo do Campo (Jul 25)
266
MELO Alexsandro BRA
19y
329d
1995
8.12
8.12 -15
Full name-Alexsandro do Nascimento de Melo // TJ pb: 16.28 -15. 1 South American junior TJ 2013; dnq Pan-Am Games LJ 2015
In 2015: 3 Campinas LJ; 1 São Paulo LJ; 2 São Paulo State TJ; 2 Brazilian TJ (9 LJ); 3 Río de Janeiro LJ; 1 São Bernardo do Campo (6 TJ); dnq Pan-Am
Games LJ
330
GAO Xinglong CHN
21y
162d
1994
8.03
8.18 -14
2015 Asian Champion // 8.21w -14, 8.12i -15. 3 Asian Games 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015. 1 Chinese 2014. From-Heilongjiang Province
In 2015: 5 Beijing; 8 Beijing Challenge; 1 Asian Champs; 2 Chinese Grand Prix Final
333
HUANG Changzhou CHN
21y
1d
1994
8.06
8.12 -14
2 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Sichuan Province
In 2015: 4 Beijing; 6 Shanghai Diamond; 6 Beijing Challenge; dnq Asian Champs; 4 Chinese Grand Prix Final
25y 354d 1989
8.26
8.47 -14 NR
2014 World indoor silver. 2014 Asian Games Champion. Chinese record holder
1 Asian Champs 2009 (2007-8, 2011-5); 1 East Asian Games 2009; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-5); 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 12
WCH 2013 (2009-dnq); 2 WIC 2014 (2010-dnq); 1 Asian Games 2014. 1 Chinese 2009 & Chinese National Games 2013. Born/lives-Beijing
In 2015: 1 Beijing; 4 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Beijing Challenge; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final
334
LI Jinzhe CHN
344
WANG Jianan CHN
18y
358d
1996
8.25
8.25 -15
2013 Asian Champion & 8.04 at age 16 // 1 Asian Champs 2013; dnq WCH 2013; 1 WJC 2014. 1 Chinese youth 2012. Completed a 7063-point Decathlon in
2012 aged 15, including a 7.80 long jump, 5.00 pole vault but only 8.53 in the shot. From-Jiangsu Province
In 2015: nm Beijing (Mar 15); 2 Beijing (May 8); 3 Shanghai Diamond; 5 Beijing Challenge; 5 Hengelo; 1 Geneva; 3 Chinese Grand Prix Final
379
MASSÓ Maykel D. CUB
16y
105d
1999
8.12
8.12 -15
Full name-Maykel Demetrio Masso
New World Youth Champion // 1 World Youth 2015; 10 Pan-Am junior 2015
In 2015: 1 Havana (Feb 13); 1 Havana (Feb 19); 1 Havana (Feb 27); 1 Havana (Mar 7); 1 Havana (May 9); 2 Havana Barrientos; 1 Havana (Jun 12); 1 Havana
(Jun 26); 1 World Youth; 10 Pan-Am junior
392
JUŠKA Radek CZE
22y
166d
1993
8.15
8.15 -15
2015 European indoor & under-23 silvers // TJ pb: 15.12 -13. dnq WJC 2012; 8 ETCh 2014; 2 EIC 2015; 2 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Czech 2015 (1 indoor 2015)
In 2015: 1 Czech indoor; 2 EIC; 1 Ostrava; 1 Innsbruck; 3 St. Pölten; 5 Rabat; 2 ETCh 1st League; 1 Czech; 2 under-23 ECH; 1 Pardubice
478
DAUSOKO Waisale FIJ
18y
295d
1996
7.20
7.20 -15
35y
150d
1980
8.26
8.26 -15
7.51w -15. 1 Oceanian LJ/4x100 2015 (2012-2)
In 2015: 1 Oceanian LJ/4x100
503
GOMIS Kafètien FRA
European silver in 2010 & bronze in 2014 // 9 WSG 2003; dnq OLY 2004; 7 WSG 2005; 5 ECP 2008; 4 Mediterranean Games 2009; dnq WCH 2009; 2 ETCh
2010/2015 (2011-6); 2 ECH 2010 (2006-5, 2012-9, 2014-3); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-8); 2 EIC 2011 (2007/2009-4, 2015-dnq). 1 French 2007/2015
& indoor 2007/2008/2014/2015. Coach-Renaud Longuèvre
In 2015: 1 French indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Tourcoing; 8 Dessau; 5 Marseille; 6 Pierre-Bénite; 2 ETCh; 2 Paris Diamond; 1 French; 7 London Diamond
511
BRAMBLE Dan GBR
24y
311d
1990
8.21
8.21 -15
2015 UK Indoor Champion. Now fifth on the UK all-time list // TJ pb: 15.92w -15, 15.15i, 14.88 -14. 1 English under-23 2012; 2 UK 2013/2014 (2011-3); 1 UK
indoor 2015 (2011/2013-3, 2014-2). Coach-Frank Attohe
In 2015: 1 UK indoor; 1 Clermont; 1 Gainesville; 3 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 2 Loughborough ‘International’; 3 Birmingham Diamond; 8 ETCh (11 TJ); 2
UK; 6 London Diamond; 1 British League Premiership/Aug 8
28y 277d 1986
8.35
8.51 -14 NR
Reigning Olympic, Commonwealth Games and European Champion // 100 pb: 10.26 -10, 1 EJC 2005; 6 EIC 2009; 5 WCH 2009 (2007/2011/2013-dnq); dnq
WIC 2010; 1 OLY 2012 (2008-10); 2 ETCh 2014 (2013-3); 1 COM 2014 (2006-8, 2010-2); 1 ECH 2014 (2006-2). 1 AAA 2005/2006; 1 UK 2008/2012/2015 &
indoor 2010. Great-grandfather Jock Rutherford played football for England in 1904-1908 (including a 1-1 draw with Scotland at Hampden Park in 1908 in front
of a then world record crowd of 121,452). Trains at Lee Valley under Jonas Tawiah-DoDoo, also advised by former coach Dan Pfaff. Partner-Susie Verrill, their
son Milo born October 20, 2014
With the help of his builder father Andrew he has constructed a two-lane 52m runway in the garden of his home near Milton Keynes
In 2015: 1 Birmingham Grand Prix (indoor pb 8.17); 1 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 7 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Oslo Diamond; 1 UK; 3
London Diamond; 1 Stockholm Diamond
He has lengthened his run-up by a metre this season (from 44m to 45m) because, he says, he’s got so much faster
538
RUTHERFORD Greg GBR
542
CAMARA Alyn GER
26y
143d
1989
8.22
8.29 -13
2013 German Champion (ahead of Sebastian Bayer & Christian Reif) // ht WJC 110H 2008; 7 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq ECH 2012; dnq OLY 2012; dnq WCH
2013. 1 German 2013 & indoor 2015
In 2015: 1 German indoor; 7 EIC; 4 Hengelo; 1 Dessau; 1 Bayer; 5 Huelva; 3 ETCh; 2 Bad Langensalza; 2 German
555
HEINLE Fabian GER
21y
99d
1994
8.25
8.25 -15
2015 European under-23 Champion // 4 EJC 2013; 1 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 German senior & under-23 2015
In 2015: 1 South German indoor; 3 German indoor; 1 Stuttgart; 1 Weinheim; 1 Oberteuringen; 1 German under-23; 2 Bottrop; 1 under-23 ECH; 1 German
625
FORBES Damar JAM
24y
344d
1990
8.17
8.25 -13
2013 US Collegiate Champion at long jump, he also led off the Louisiana State sprint relay team which placed fourth
8.35w -13. 100 pb: 10.51 -13. 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2011; 8 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq); dnq WIC 2014; 9 COM 2014. 1 Jamaican
2012/2013/2015. 1 NCAA 2013 (2011/2012-2). Attends Louisiana State University where he is a student of Sports Management
In 2015: 1 Baton Rouge; 1 Baie Mahault; 9 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Budapest; 6 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Jamaican; 6 Paris Diamond; 3 Székesfehérvár; dnq
Pan-Am Games
671
SUGAI Yohei JPN
29y
356d
1985
8.18
8.18 -15
3x Japanese Champion // 4 Asian Games 2010; 4 Asian Champs 2011 (2007/2009/2015-6); 7 Asian Indoor Champs 2012. 1 Japanese 2008/2010/2015
In 2015: 2 Australian; 2 Mt SAC Relays; 2 Hyogo Relays; 6 Asian Champs; 1 Japanese
714
AL-DOSARI Ahmed Fayaz KSA
30y
49d
1985
8.11
8.12 -02
200 pb: 20.94 -15. 4 WJC 2002; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 2004
In 2015: 1 Qatif; 3 Arab; 4 Copenhagen
32y
32d 1983
8.19
8.43 -06 NR
World silvers in 2005 for Ghana and 2013 for the Netherlands // 8.51w -06. 1 African Games 2003; 6 OLY 2004 (2012-dnq); 1 World Athletics Final 2004; 2
WCH 2005/2013 (2003-4); 1 WIC 2006 (2004-dnq, 2010/2012-7); 1 COM 2006 (2010-3); 1 African Champs 2006 (2012-3, 2014-dnq); 4 WCP 2006; 6 African
Games 2007; 7 ETCh 2014; 6 ECH 2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Dutch 2013/2014. Full name-Anthony Ignisious Gaisah Essuman. Lives in the
Netherlands, he moved there in 2002. Son-Miguel born August 2006. Acquired Dutch citizenship on June 12, 2013 and cleared by the IAAF to compete for the
Netherlands from July 26, 2013
In 2015: 5 Birmingham Grand Prix; 2 Clermont; 6 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames; 2 Dutch
761
GAISAH Ignisious NED
851
MOKOENA Khotso RSA
855
SAMAAI Rushwal RSA
30y 168d 1985
8.16
8.50 -09 NR
Full name-Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
2008 World Indoor Champion, 2008 Olympic silver & 2009 World silver as a long jumper, now Commonwealth Champion as a triple jumper
TJ pb: 17.35 -14 (16.85 -15). 5 World Youth HJ 2001; 12 WJC LJ 2002; 2 African Games TJ 2003 (3 LJ); 3 Afro-Asian Games LJ/TJ 2003; 1 WJC TJ 2004 (2
LJ); 2 COM TJ 2006 (4 LJ); 2 African Champs LJ/TJ 2006; 1 WIC LJ 2008 (2006-5, 2010-2); 2 OLY LJ 2008 (2004-dnq); 2 WCH LJ 2009 (2005-7, 2007-5,
2011-dnq, 2013-7); 1 African Champs LJ 2010; 1 COM TJ 2014; 1 African Champs TJ 2014 (2 LJ); 2 IAAF Continental Cup TJ 2014. As a teenager he was a
competitor at ballroom dancing and won South African titles at Tango and the Cha Cha. South African record holder at both horizontal jumps, though he only
competed once at triple jump in 2007-2013
In 2015: 1 Sasolburg TJ; 1 Pretoria TJ; 1 South African TJ; 5 Shanghai Diamond LJ; 2 Beijing Challenge TJ; 5 Birmingham Diamond LJ; 5 Oslo Diamond LJ; 2
Rabat LJ; 1 Turku LJ; 1 Lapinlahti LJ; 4 London Diamond LJ; 3 Stockholm Diamond LJ; 1 Kuortane LJ
23y
330d
1991
8.38
8.38 -15
8.41
8.41 -15
Commonwealth Games & African Championship bronzes in 2015 // 3 COM 2014; 3 African Champs 2014. 1 South African 2015
In 2015: 1 Pretoria; 1 South African; 3 Stellenbosch; 3 Karlstad; 1 Ninove
861
VISSER Zarck RSA
25y
340d
1989
2014 African Champion // 7 WSG 2011; dnq WCH 2013; dnq WIC 2014; 2 COM 2014; 1 African Champs 2014 (2012-2). 1 South African 2012/2013/2014
Only 7.79 at the Moscow World Championships, then he improved to 8.32 in his final meeting of 2013 in Zurich
In 2015: 1 Potchefstroom Open; 1 Germiston; 8 Birmingham Diamond; 6 Oslo Diamond; 3 Rabat; 2 Turku; 1 Bad Langensalza; 2 Lapinlahti; 2 London Diamond;
7 Stockholm Diamond
24y 257d 1990
8.27
8.56 -13 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Defied severe back pain to become 2013 World Champion, breaking a 25 year-old Russian record twice in the process
HJ pb: 2.15 -10. 1 EJC 2009; 1 ETCh 2011/2013/2015 (2009-6); 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 11 OLY 2012; 1 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq, 2011-6); 5 WIC 2014; dnq ECH
2014. 1 Russian 2012 & indoor 2013. Attends Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University
In 2014 he was struggling with a groin injury – “I could not train as I wanted”
In 2015: 6 Russian indoor; 1 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Beijing Challenge; 3 Oslo Diamond; 1 ETCh; 5 Paris Diamond
873
MENKOV Aleksandr RUS
874
POLYANSKIY Sergey RUS
25y
296d
1989
8.20
8.20 -15
2011 Russian Indoor Champion // 4 WSG 2013 (2009-5); dnq WCH 2013. 1 Russian indoor 2011. Was at Moscow State University of Physical Education in
Malakhovka
In 2015: 3 Russian indoor; 1 St. Pölten; 1 Yerino; 1 Bottrop; 1 Russian Cup; 2 Zhukovskiy; 2 Russian
29y
87d 1986
7.83
8.22 -12 NR
Full name-Michel Tresor Komesha Tornéus
2014 World indoor bronze. Fourth at London Olympics (missing bronze by 1cm), Sweden’s best placing in athletics at the games
8.29i -13, 8.07w -15. 4 EJC 2005; 10 under-23 ECH 2007; dnq WCH 2009/2011/2013; 2 ETCh 2011 (2009-9); 3 ECH 2012 (2010-9, 2014-5); 4 OLY 2012; 3
WIC 2014 (2010-dnq, 2012-9); 5 ECH 2014; 1 EIC 2015 (2009-dnq, 2011-7, 2013-2). 1 Swedish 2005/2007/2008/2009/2010/2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor
2008/2010-2015). Father from DR of Congo. Daughter Leah (1). Coach-Oscar Gidewall
In 2015: 1 Swedish indoor; 1 EIC; 7 Oslo Diamond; 4 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Swedish
922
TORNÉUS Michel SWE
932
OTUONYE Ifeanyi TKS
21y
55d 1994
7.87
7.87 -15 NR
Full name-Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye
Turks & Caicos record holder // 4 Carifta junior 2013; dnq COM 2014; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. Attends Kansas State University
In 2015: 1 Baylor Invitational; 4 Tempe 200 ‘B’; 2 Kansas Relays; 3 Berkeley 100; 1 Lawrence Classic; 1 Ames ‘Big 12’; 11 NCAA; 3 North/Central America &
Caribbean
989
LASA Emiliano URU
25y
208d
1990
8.09
8.09 -15 NR
2015 South American Champion. Uruguayan record holder // 4 Ibero-American 2012/2014; 1 South American 2015; 3 Pan-Am Games 2013 (2011-6)
In 2015: 1 Jundiaí; 1 South American; 3 Plasencia; 4 Bad Langensalza; 1 Rhede; 3 Pan-Am Games
1009
DENDY Marquis USA
22y
276d
1992
8.39
8.39 -15
Multiple US Collegiate Champion, representing the University of Florida. High world class at both long and triple jump, but “I can’t really say which one I like
more”
8.68w -15. TJ pb: 17.71w, 17.50 -15. 8 WJC TJ 2010; 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 LJ 2012; dnq WCH LJ 2013
Seven NCAA titles: 2013/2015 indoor LJ; 2014/2015 LJ/TJ; 2015 indoor TJ. Coach-Mike Holloway. 1.92 tall
In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor LJ/TJ; 2 Texas Relays LJ; 1 Florida Relays 100 ‘C’; 1 Penn Relays TJ; 1 Louisiana State Invitational LJ; 1 Starkville Southeastern
Conference LJ/TJ; 1 NCAA East LJ/TJ; 1 NCAA LJ/TJ; 1 US LJ (3 TJ); 6 Monaco Diamond TJ; 1 London Diamond LJ; 2 Stockholm Diamond LJ
1022
HARTFIELD Mike USA
25y
145d
1990
8.27
8.27 -15
8.42w -15. 100 pb: 10.59 -15. 2 US indoor 2013; 3 NCAA 2013; 3 US 2014/2015. In 2013 with 8.15 he broke the Ohio State University record of 8.13 which had
stood to Jesse Owens since 1936 (77 years)
In 2015: 1 Tempe; nm Shanghai Diamond; 1 Beijing Challenge (8 100); 2 Birmingham Diamond; 2 Oslo Diamond; 3 US; 1 Paris Diamond; 1 Székesfehérvár;
nm London Diamond
1024
HENDERSON Jeffrey USA
26y
183d
1989
8.52
8.52 -15
2015 Pan-American Games Champion // 8.52w -14. 100 pb: 10.18 -13 (10.28 -15). dnq WIC 2010/2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 US 2014. Coached in San
Diego by Al Joyner (1 OLY TJ 1984). Unbeaten in nine competitions in April-June 2014 but then suffered a bruised heel. Born in McAlmont, Arkansas , the
youngest of six children
In 2015: 5 Tempe 100; 1 Mt SAC Relays (6 100); 1 Chula Vista 100; 1 Irvine Scott 100; 2 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Beijing Challenge; 2 San Diego Champs 100; 2
US; 1 Pan-Am Games; 2 Chiba Juntendo 100
1038
LAWSON Jarrion USA
21y
107d
1994
8.34
8.34 -15
By far the fastest of current world-class long jumpers // 8.36w -15. 100 pb: 9.90w, 10.04 -15. TJ pb: 15.80 -12. 3 WJC 2012 (dnq TJ). 2 US 2014; 1 NCAA
indoor 2014; 2 NCAA 2015 (also ran second leg on both relay squads: 4x100-1st, 4x400-6th). Attends University of Arkansas (“
In 2015: 2 NCAA indoor; 1 Fayetteville (2 200); 2 Starkville Southeastern Conference (5 100); 2 NCAA (3 100, 1 4x100, 6 4x400); 5 US
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....8.95.........Mike Powell USA........................1991
2.....8.90.........Bob Beamon USA...................... 1968
3.....8.87.........Carl Lewis USA.......................... 1991
4.....8.86.........Robert Emmiyan ARM............... 1987
=5...8.74.........Larry Myricks USA..................... 1988
.......8.74.........Erick Walder USA...................... 1994
.......8.74.........Dwight Phillips USA................... 2009
8.....8.73.........Irving Saladino PAN................... 2008
9.....8.71.........Iván Pedroso CUB..................... 1995
10...8.66.........Loúis Tsátoumas GRE............... 2007
1.....8.52.........Jeff Henderson USA
2.....8.41.........Zarck Visser RSA
3.....8.39.........Marquis Dendy USA
4.....8.38.........Rushwal Samaai RSA
5.....8.35.........Greg Rutherford GBR
6.....8.34.........Jarrion Lawson USA
=7...8.27.........Aleksandr Menkov RUS
.......8.27.........Mike Hartfield USA
=9...8.26.........Li Jinzhe CHN
.......8.26.........Kafétien Gomis FRA
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Age
201
COLLIE-MINNS Latario BAH
21y
(Days)
Born
164d
1994
2015 Best
Personal Best
17.18
17.18 -15
2011 World Youth Champion, 2012 World Junior bronze and one half of the world’s best triple jump twins, both at Texas A&M University
17.25w -15. LJ: 7.86w -15, 7.69 -14 (7.66 -15). 1 World Youth TJ 2011; 3 WJC TJ 2012 (2010-dnq); 10 Pan-Am Games TJ 2015. 2 NCAA TJ 2015. His twin
brother Lathone Collie-Minns is also an international triple jumper (pb 16.75w, 3 World Youth 2011). They are grand nephews of 1964 Olympic sprinter George
Collie
In 2015: 5 NCAA indoor TJ; 1 Tempe LJ; 1 Texas Relays TJ; 1 Stanford Invitational LJ; 2 Tempe TJ; 1 San Marcos Classic LJ; 1 Fort Worth TJ; 2 Starkville
Southeastern Conference TJ (4 LJ); 2 NCAA TJ; 10 Pan-Am Games TJ
34y
5d 1981
16.99
17.59 -08 NR
2003 World & 2008 Olympic bronze at Triple Jump ... he had the longest hop (6.65m) & jump (6.22m) phases in the 2009 World Championship but his step
measured as little as 4.49m
LJ pb: 8.28w -03, 8.13 -05 (7.70 -15). 6 Pan-Am Games TJ 99/2007; 5 WJC TJ 2000 (98-dnq); 3 COM TJ 2002; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs TJ
2003/2008 (2005-3); 3 WCH TJ 2003 (2005/2009-4, 2007-dnq, 2011-7); 3 OLY TJ 2008 (2004-dnq, 2012-5); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games TJ 2010;
dnq COM LJ 2014. 1 NCAA LJ 2003 & TJ 2004. Graduate of Adult Education from Auburn University. Nickname “Skelly” tattooed on left shoulder (because he
says he was once skeleton-thin). 1.90 tall
In 2015: 2 Auburn Classic LJ; 1 Auburn TJ; 4 Baie Mahault LJ; 7 Beijing Challenge TJ; 2 Bahamian TJ; 1 Edmonton Classic; 2 Pan-Am Games TJ; 3
North/Central America & Caribbean TJ
205
SANDS Leevan BAH
276
ROSA Jean BRA
QBR
25y
201d
1990
16.80
16.80 -15
Coach-Jean Cassimiro Rosa // 1 South American junior 2009; 2 South American under-23 2013; 5 South American 2015; 14 Pan-Am Games 2015
In 2015: 1 Jundiaí; 1 São Bernardo; 3 Brazilian; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike; 5 South American; 3 La Chaux-de-Fonds; 14 Pan-Am Games
293
DIMITROV Rumen BUL
QBR
28y
336d
1986
16.87
16.87 -15
dnq ECH 2012; 2 Balkan 2014 (2015-3); 9 ECH 2014; 8 EIC 2015. 1 Bulgarian 2013/2014 (1 indoor 2009/2015)
In 2015: 1 Balkan indoor; 8 EIC; 2 Bulgarian; 1 Sofia; 1 Plovdiv; 4 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 Sofia; 2 Stara Zagora; 1 Plovdiv; 3 Balkan
296
TSONOV Georgi BUL
22y
111d
1993
17.03
17.03 -15
2015 Balkan Champion at Triple Jump // LJ pb: 7.43 -11. 3 Youth Olympic Games TJ 2010; 3 EJC TJ 2011; 4 WJC TJ 2012; dnq ECH TJ 2014; 5 EIC TJ 2015
(dnq LJ); 2 under-23 ECH TJ 2015; 1 Balkan TJ 2015. 1 Bulgarian indoor TJ 2011
In 2015: 1 Plovdiv TJ; 1 Bucharest LJ; dnq EIC LJ; 5 EIC TJ (dnq LJ); 1 Burgas; 1 Ruen; 1 ETCh 2nd League; 1 Stara Zagora; 1 Balkan
297
ZANGO HUGUES Fabrice BUR
QBR
22y
57d
1993
16.76
16.76 -15
317d
1991
16.77
17.35 -12
2015 World Student Games silver // LJ pb: 6.73 -15. 2 WSG 2015 (2013-6); 10 Francophone Games 2013
In 2015: 2 Bamako; 2 WSG (dnq LJ)
326
CAO Shuo CHN
23y
2013 Asian Champion. 2014 Asian Games Champion // 16.98w -15. 1 Asian junior 2010; dnq OLY 2012; 1 Asian Champs 2013 (2015-2); 7 WIC 2014; 5 IAAF
Continental Cup 2014; 1 Asian Games 2014. 1 Chinese National Games 2013; 1 Chinese 2009/2012/2013. Leapt 17.13 in 2007 at age 17, a world youth best
at the time. From-Hebei Province
In 2015: 6 Kawasaki; 4 Beijing Challenge; 2 Asian Champs; 3 Chinese Grand Prix Final; 3 Sapporo Nambu
328
DONG Bin CHN
26y
271d
1988
17.12
17.38 -12
Twice Asian Indoor Champion // dnq WJC 2006; 8 WSG 2011 (2009-11); 1 Asian Indoor Champs 2010/2012; 8 WIC 2012; 10 OLY 2012; 9 WCH 2013; 2 Asian
Games 2014; 4 Asian Champs 2015 (2011-5). 2 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Hunan Province
In 2015: 2 Xianlin; 3 Beijing Challenge; 4 Asian Champs; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final; 1 Sapporo Nambu
349
XU Xiaolong CHN
22y
243d
1992
16.93
16.93 -15
2015 World Student Games bronze // 5 Asian Champs 2015; 3 WSG 2015. Student of Public Administration at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou
In 2015: 1 Jinan; 1 Taiyuan; 5 Asian Champs; 4 Chinese Grand Prix Final; 3 WSG; 3 Chinese Universities
22y
52d 1993
18.08
18.08 -15 NR
Full name (which he prefers)-Pedro Pablo Pichardo Peralta
World silver medallist in his first year as a senior, now third on world all-time list
LJ pb: 7.81 -15. 1 WJC 2012; 2 WCH 2013; 3 WIC 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2014. Started triple jumping at 17, previously he was a hurdler and high jumper – as
was his father Jorge Andres Pichardo. Pedro is a football fan and supporter of Barcelona FC. 1.85 / 71kg
In 2015: 1 Havana (May 8); 1 Doha Diamond (18.06); 1 Havana Barrientos (18.08); 1 Rome Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 1 Bilbao LJ; 2 Lausanne Diamond
(17.99); 2 Monaco Diamond; 1 Pan-Am Games
382
PICHARDO Pedro Pablo CUB
406
DURAÑONA Yordanis DMA
27y
65d
1988
16.98
17.20 -14
Full name-Yordanis Durañona Garcia
His father Miguel Durañona was first Cuban man to high jump two metres (ion October 27, 1968). His cousin Roberto Julián Duranona was an international
handball player
17.28w -09. LJ pb: 7.70 -10. 4 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013; 8 COM 2014; 4 Pan-Am Games
2015; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1 Cuban junior 2007
Ex-Cuba, he acquired Dominican citizenship on December 29, 2011 after marriage to Shernelle, a Dominican he met while she studied medicine in Cuba. We
were initially told that Cuba did not agree to his transfer request and he would have to wait three years to compete for his new country (until December 2014),
but was cleared in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games
In 2015: 3 Medellín Restrepo; 1 Ponce; 7 New York Diamond; 4 Pan-Am Games; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean
23y 100d 1992
16.61
16.87 -14 NR
Full name-Pabo Torrijos Navarro
5x Spanish Champion (3 in + 2 out)
LJ pb: 7.56w -14, 7.53 -12. dnq World Youth LJ/TJ 2009; 6 EJC 2011; 8 under-23 ECH 2013; 6 ETCh 2014; 8 ECH 2014. 1 Spanish 2013/2014/2015 & indoor
2014/2015. Coach-Claudio Veneziano
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 2 EIC; 2 Spanish Universities; 1 Zaragoza (2 LJ); 9 Doha Diamond; 2 Castellón; 4 European Clubs Cup; 9 Rome Diamond; 1
Castellón; 1 Spanish; 1 Monachil
443
TORRIJOS Pablo ESP
491
COMPAORÉ Benjamin FRA
28y
16d
1987
17.01
17.48 -14
2014 European Champion // LJ pb: 7.88 -08. 5 EJC 2005; 1 WJC 2006; dnq EIC 2007/2013; 8 WCH 2011; 6 WIC 2012; 6 OLY 2012; 1 ECH 2014 (2010-5); 1
IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 French indoor 2012. Father from Burkina Faso. Coach-Jean-Herve Stievenart
In 2015: 1 Haguenu; 1 Angers; 4 Rome Diamond
31y
34d 1984
16.43
17.39 -09 NR
Haitian record holder ... eleventh in London 2012 & Moscow 2013 // 17.45w -09 (16.44w -15). 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2011; dnq WIC 2012;
11 OLY 2012; 11 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq); 6 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 6 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2007-10); 4 North/Central America &
Caribbean 2015. Graduate of Harvard University
In 2015: 2 El Paso; 3 Mt SAC Relays; 7 Kawasaki; 2 Chula Vista; 8 Birmingham Diamond; 6 Pan-Am Games; 4 North/Central America & Caribbean
584
LAINE Samyr HAI
678
VALIYEV Roman KAZ
31y
146d
1984
16.74
17.20 -12
2005 Asian Champion and bronzes in 2011 & 2015 // 17.00i -15. LJ pb: 7.87 -04 (7.51 -15). dnq World Youth 2001; dnq OLY 2004/2008; 1 Asian Champs 2005
(2011/2015-3, 2013-4); 1 Asian Indoor Games 2005/2007; 2 Asian Games 2006; 8 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; dnq OLY 2012; dnq WCH 2013; 2 Asian Indoor
Champs 2014 (2012-4); dnq WIC 2014. 1 Kazakh 2004/2005/2008/2012/2013
In 2015: 1 Kazakh indoor; 2 Kazakh Cup; 5 Beijing Challenge; 3 Asian Champs; 1 Kazakh (2 LJ)
30y 194d 1985
17.00
17.10 -07/09 NR
Korean record holder at both horizontal jumps. 2010 Asian Games Champion at Long Jump. 2015 Asian Champion at Triple Jump
17.07w -15. LJ pb: 8.41w, 8.20 -09 (7.89w. 7.87 -15). dnq WJC LJ/TJ 2004; 1 East Asian Games TJ 2005; dnq WIC TJ 2006; 3 Asian Games TJ 2006; 2 Asian
Champs TJ 2007 (2005-3); 1 WSG TJ 2007; 9 WCH TJ 2007 (2011-dnq); dnq OLY TJ 2008/2012; 1 WSG LJ 2009 (5 TJ); dnq WCH LJ/TJ 2009; 1 Asian
Games LJ 2010 (5 TJ); 2 Asian Games LJ 2014 (3 TJ); 1 Asian Champs TJ 2015
He did well to reach the 2011 World LJ final in Daegu 2011, but had to scratched because he then injured himself trying to qualify for the TJ final
In 2015: 1 Asian Champs TJ; 1 Korean LJ; 2 Sapporo Nambu TJ
708
KIM Duk-Hyung KOR
743
ISMAIL Muhd Hakimi MAS
755
DRACK Jonathan MRI
24y 135d 1991
16.76
16.76 -15 NR
2015 South East Asian Champion // dnq World Youth 2007; 6 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008; 6 Asian Champs 2011; 6 Asian Games 2014; 1 South East
Asian 2015; 4 WSG 2015
In 2015: 1 Australian Capital Territory; 2 Victoria State; 1 Queensland State; 2 Sydney Classic; 1 Malaysian; 1 Ipoh; 1 South East Asian Games; 4 WSG
26y
287d
1988
16.96
16.96 -15 NR
Mauritian record holder at Triple Jump // LJ pb: 7.84w, 7.80 -15. dnq WCH 2013. Qualified for, but scratched from the 2014 Commonwealth Games final
In 2015: 1 St. Junien; 3 Montgeron; 2 Bordeaux; 1 Pierre-Bénite; 1 Blagnac; 2 Castres LJ; 2 Albi LJ; 1 Muret LJ; 2 French (5 LJ); 1 Castres (5 LJ); 1 Indian
Ocean Island Games
772
OKE Tosin NGR
34y
323d
1980
16.98
17.23 -12
Twice African Champion // 17.21w -14. 1 EJC 99; dnq ECH 2002; 4 ECP 2003; 1 African Champs 2010/2012 (2014-2); 1 COM 2010 (2002-5, 2014-2); 7 OLY
2012; 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2014 (2010-6). 1 AAA indoor 2002/2003 & UK indoor 2013; 1 UK 2007; 1 Nigerian 2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015.
Graduated in chemistry from Manchester University. He has dual citizenship with Great Britain, the country he represented in international competition before
2009
In 2015: 1 UK indoor; 6 Doha Diamond; 3 Birmingham Diamond; 5 New York Diamond; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 British League Premiership/Jul 11; 1 Nigerian;
1 British League Premiership/Aug 8
Nelson POR
31y 122d 1984
17.24
17.74 -07 NR
In Beijing 2008 became Portugal’s first ever Olympic Champion (or medallist) in a field event. That year he was named Portugal’s Sports Personality of the Year
(ahead of Jose Mourinho, Nuno Gomes and Cristiano Ronaldo)
17.82w -09 (17.21i -15). LJ pb: 8.10 -07 (7.81i -15). 1 European Youth LJ 2001; 6 WJC TJ 2002 (dnq LJ); 1 EJC LJ/TJ 2003; dnq OLY TJ 2004; 4 ECH TJ 2006
(6 LJ); 1 WCH TJ 2007 (2005-dnq, 2009-2, 2013-5), 3 WIC TJ 2008 (2004-dnq, 2006-3); 1 OLY TJ 2008 (2004-dnq); 1 ETCh TJ 2009 (2 LJ); 6 ETCh TJ 2011;
1 WSG TJ 2013; 6 ECH TJ 2014; 1 EIC TJ 2015 (2007-5). 1 Portuguese TJ 2002/2004/2006/2007/2009/2010/2011/2013/2014/2015 (1 LJ 2006/2007). 1
Portuguese junior indoor HJ 2000. Surgery on right right tibia in 2010 and again in 2012
In 2015: 1 Portuguese indoor LJ/TJ; 1 EIC TJ; 5 Doha Diamond TJ; 1 European Clubs Cup TJ; 5 Rome Diamond TJ; 1 Portuguese Clubs TJ; 1 ETCh 1st
League TJ; 1 Lisbon TJ; 4 Lausanne Diamond TJ; 4 Monaco Diamond TJ; 1 Portuguese TJ
817
ÉVORA
835
OPREA Marian ROU
851
MOKOENA Khotso RSA
862
ADAMS Lyukman RUS
33y
76d 1982
17.02
17.81 -05 NR
2004 Olympic silver, 2005 world bronze and still winning medals // LJ pb: 8.06w -11, 7.78 -14 (7.49 -15). 4 World Youth 99; 1 WJC 2000; 1 EJC 2001 (99-3); 2
WSG 2001 (2005-7); 2 EIC 2002 (2011-/20153); 2 under-23 ECH 2003; 2 OLY 2004 (2008-5); 3 WCH 2005 (2001/2003/2011-dnq, 2013-6); 3 WCP 2006; 2
ECH 2010 (2006-3, 2002/2012-dnq, 2014-5); 4 WIC 2014 (2003-8, 2004-5, 2012-dnq). 1 Romanian 2003-2007 (1 indoor
2002/2003/2006/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015). 1.93 tall
In 2015: 1 Romanian indoor (his 17th Romanian title); 3 EIC; 8 Doha Diamond; 1 Romanian International Champs; 6 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Pitești (8 LJ) (Jun
6); 3 Pitești LJ (Jun 27); 5 Romanian LJ
30y 168d 1985
16.85
17.35 -14 NR
Full name-Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
2008 World Indoor Champion, 2008 Olympic silver & 2009 World silver as a long jumper, now Commonwealth Champion as a triple jumper
LJ pb: 8.50 -09 (8.16 -15). 5 World Youth HJ 2001; 12 WJC LJ 2002; 2 African Games TJ 2003 (3 LJ); 3 Afro-Asian Games LJ/TJ 2003; 1 WJC TJ 2004 (2 LJ);
2 COM TJ 2006 (4 LJ); 2 African Champs LJ/TJ 2006; 1 WIC LJ 2008 (2006-5, 2010-2); 2 OLY LJ 2008 (2004-dnq); 2 WCH LJ 2009 (2005-7, 2007-5, 2011dnq, 2013-7); 1 African Champs LJ 2010; 1 COM TJ 2014; 1 African Champs TJ 2014 (2 LJ); 2 IAAF Continental Cup TJ 2014. As a teenager he was a
competitor at ballroom dancing and won South African titles at Tango and the Cha Cha. South African record holder at both horizontal jumps, though he only
competed once at triple jump in 2007-2013
In 2015: 1 Sasolburg TJ; 1 Pretoria TJ; 1 South African TJ; 5 Shanghai Diamond LJ; 2 Beijing Challenge TJ; 5 Birmingham Diamond LJ; 5 Oslo Diamond LJ; 2
Rabat LJ; 1 Turku LJ; 1 Lapinlahti LJ; 4 London Diamond LJ; 3 Stockholm Diamond LJ; 1 Kuortane LJ
26y
330d
1988
17.34
17.53 -12
Full name-Lyukman Rasakovich Adams (Lyukman pronounced “Look Man”)
2014 World Indoor Champion, 2014 European silver
1 European Youth Olympic Festival 2005; 1 EJC 2007; 9 OLY 2012; 1 WIC 2014 (2012-3); 2 ECH 2014 (2010-6); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Russian
2012/2015 & indoors 2012/2014. Father-Nigerian (former medical student), mother-Russian, his first sport was basketball. Coach-Yevgeny Ter-Ovanesov
In 2015: 7 Russian Teams; 6 Rome Diamond; 2 Moscow City; 2 Lisbon; 5 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Russian
885
SOROKIN Dmitriy RUS
22y
327d
1992
17.29
17.29 -15
New World Student Games Champion // dnq World Youth 2009; 6 EIC 2015. 1 Russian under-23 2010; 1 Russian indoor 2015. Served two-year doping
suspension in 2011-2013. Attends Siberian State University of Physical Culture and Sports in Omsk
In 2015: 1 Russian indoor; 6 EIC; 2 Russian Teams; nm Rome Diamond; 1 WSG; 2 Russian
1004
CLAYE Will USA
24y
69d
1991
17.48
17.75 -14
In London 2012 became the first man since 1936 to win Olympic medals in both horizontal jumps
LJ pb: 8.29 -11 (8.29w, 8.19 -14). 100 pb: 10.53w -11/12. 1 Pan-Am junior TJ 2009; 3 WCH TJ 2011 (9 LJ); 1 WIC TJ 2012 (4 LJ); 2 OLY TJ 2012 (3 LJ); 3
WCH TJ 2013; 2 IAAF Continental Cup LJ (3 TJ). 1 US TJ 2014 & indoor LJ 2015. Student of Social and Behavioural Science at the University of Florida.
Coach-Nic Petersen
In 2015: 1 US indoor LJ; 1 Drake Relays TJ; 2 Baie Mahault LJ; 1 Chula Vista TJ; 2 New York Diamond TJ; 2 US TJ
1007
CRADDOCK Omar USA
24y
117d
1991
17.53
17.53 -15
Twice US Champion // 17.26w -14. 3 WJC 2010; dnq WCH 2013. 1 US 2013/2015; 1 NCAA 2012/2013. Coach-Nic Petersen (same as Will Claye). Was at
University of Florida
In 2015: 1 US indoor; 1 Florida Relays (2 LJ); 3 Kawasaki; 3 Ponce; 3 New York Diamond; 1 US; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 3 Monaco Diamond
1009
DENDY Marquis USA
22y
276d
1992
17.50
17.50 -15
Multiple US Collegiate Champion, representing the University of Florida. High world class at both long and triple jump, but “I can’t really say which one I like
more”
17.71w -15. TJ pb: 8.68w, 8.39 -15. 8 WJC TJ 2010; 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 LJ 2012; dnq WCH LJ 2013
Seven NCAA titles: 2013/2015 indoor LJ; 2014/2015 LJ/TJ; 2015 indoor TJ. Coach-Mike Holloway. 1.92 tall
In 2015: 1 NCAA indoor LJ/TJ; 2 Texas Relays LJ; 1 Florida Relays 100 ‘C’; 1 Penn Relays TJ; 1 Louisiana State Invitational LJ; 1 Starkville Southeastern
Conference LJ/TJ; 1 NCAA East LJ/TJ; 1 NCAA LJ/TJ; 1 US LJ (3 TJ); 6 Monaco Diamond TJ; 1 London Diamond LJ; 2 Stockholm Diamond LJ
1062
TAYLOR Christian USA
25y
64d
1990
18.04
18.04 -15
Reigning Olympic Triple Jump Champion. Diamond Race Triple Jump winner in 2012, 2013 & 2014 but in a tough battle with Pablo Pedro Pichardo in 2015
LJ pb: 8.19 -10 (8.18 -15). 400 pb: 45.17 -14. 1 World Youth 2007; 8 WJC 2008 (gold 4x400); 1 WCH 2011 (2013-4); 2 WIC 2012; 1 OLY 2012. 1 US
2011/2012; 1 NCAA 2010/2011 (1 indoors 2009/2010). Both his parents are Barbadian, he has dual citizenship with Barbados. Coach-Rana Rieder (based in
Arnhem, NED)
In 2015: 4 Dutch indoor 60; 3 Clermont LJ; 2 Drake Relays; 2 Doha Diamond (18.04, close behind 18.06 of Pedro Pablo Pichardo CUB); 1 Ostrava Golden
Spike; 1 Birmingham Diamond; 4 Oslo Diamond LJ; 10 US LJ; 1 Lausanne Diamond (18.06); 1 Monaco Diamond (17.75); 5 London Diamond LJ
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....18.29.......Jonathan Edwards GBR.............1995
2.....18.09.......Kenny Harrison USA.................. 1996
3.....18.08.......Pedro Pablo Pichardo CUB............ 2015
4.....18.06.......Christian Taylor USA..................2015
5.....18.04.......Teddy Tamgho FRA................... 2013
6.....17.97.......Willie Banks USA....................... 1985
=7...17.92.......Khristo Markov BUL................... 1987
.......17.92.......James Beckford JAM................. 1995
=9...17.90.......Vladimir Inozemtsev UKR.......... 1990
.......17.90.......Jadel Gregorio BRA................... 2007
1.....18.08.......Pedro Pablo Pichardo CUB
2.....18.06.......Christian Taylor USA
3.....17.53.......Omar Craddock USA
4.....17.50.......Marquis Dendy USA
5.....17.48.......Will Claye USA
6.....17.42.......Aleksey Fyodorov RUS
7.....17.34.......Lyukman Adams RUS
8.....17.29.......Dmitriy Sorokin RUS
=9...17.24.......Teddy Tamgho FRA
.......17.24.......Nelson Évora POR
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Men’s Shot Put
33
Entrants
NR
QBR
National Record
Qualified by ranking
Starts: Sunday, August 23
Age
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
31y 140d 1984
20.77
21.26 -13 NR
Full name-Germán Luján Lauro
South American record holder & 2012 Olympic finalist, also world class at Discus
21.04i -14. DT pb: 63.55 -12. 1 South American SP 2006/2007/2009/2011/2013/2015 (1 DT 2007/2009/2013); 4 Pan-Am Games DT 2007 (5 SP); dnq OLY SP
2008; dnq WCH SP/DT 2009; 3 Pan-Am Games SP 2011/2015; 6 WIC SP 2012/2014; 1 Ibero-American SP/DT 2012; 6 OLY SP 2012 (dnq DT); 7 WCH SP
2013 (2011-dnq); 1 South American Games SP 2014 (3 DT). Coach-Carlos Llera . 1.85/115kg
In 2015: 1 Azul SP; 2 Buenos Aires SP; 1 Buenos Aires SP; 6 Doha Diamond SP; 1 South American SP (6th time); 3 Pan-Am Games SP; 2 Szczecin SP
169
LAURO Germán ARG
232
ALIC Hamza BIH
36y
213d
1979
20.67
20.73 -13
2013 European indoor silver // dnq WJC 98; dnq ECH 2002/2012; dnq WIC 2006/2008/2012; dnq OLY 2008; 2 Mediterranean Games 2009 (2013-3); 8 WCH
2009 (2005/2007/2013-dnq); 2 EIC 2013 (2009/2011/2015-dnq). 1 Balkan 2007 & Balkan indoor 2007/2008/2009. 1.86/125kg
In 2015: 1 Serbian indoor; 1 Bosnian & Herzegovinian indoor; 5 Balkan indoor; dnq EIC; 2 Drazevina; 3 Bar; 2 Bosnian & Herzegovinian teams; 2 Slovenska
Bistrica; 1 Zenica; 1 Bosnian & Herzegovinian; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 2 Velenje
233
MEŠIĆ Kemal BIH
30y
17d
1985
20.49
20.71 -12
Third in US Collegiate Championships outdoors in 2009 & indoors in 2012, representing the University of Florida
DT pb: 56.88 -09 (50.26 -15). dnq WJC 2004; 9 WSG 2009 (2011-10); dnq OLY 12; dnq EIC 2013/2015; dnq WCH 2013; dnq WIC 2014. 3 NCAA 2009 &
NCAA indoor 2012. 1 Bosnian & Herzegovinian SP/DT 2011/2014. 1.96/104kg
In 2015: dnq EIC; 1 Tampa; 1 University of Central Florida Invitational; 2 Florida Relays; 3 Drazevina; 2 Bar; 1 Bosnian & Herzegovinian teams; 4 Dakar
Challenge; 3 Slovenska Bistrica; 2 Zenica; 3 Prague Odložil; 1 Bosnian & Herzegovinian (2 SP); 3 ETCh 3rd League
275
ROMANI Darlan BRA
24y
134d
1991
20.90
20.90 -15 NR
Brazilian record holder // 7 WJC 2010; 1 South American under-23 2012; 2 South American 2013/2015; 2 Ibero-American 2014 (2012-3); 6 Pan-Am Games
2015. 1 Brazilian 2012-2015. 1.88/150kg
In 2015: 1 São Bernardo; 1 São Paulo (Mar 21); 1 Buenos Aires (Mar 25); 2 Buenos Aires (Mar 29); 1 São Paulo (Apr 4); 1 São Bernardo do Campo; 1
Brazilian; 2 South American; 6 Pan-Am Games
30y 161d 1985
20.54
21.09 -13 NR
Former World Youth & World Junior Champion // 1 World Youth 2001; 3 EJC 2003; 1 WJC 2004 (2002-dnq); 4 under-23 ECH 2005/2007; dnq OLY 2012; dnq
EIC 2013/2015; 8 WCH 2013; 5 WIC 2014; fouled out final ECH 2014 (2010/2012-dnq). 1 Balkan 2013/2014 (2015-3). 1 Bulgarian 2007/2008/2009/2011/2012
(1 indoor 2007-2015). 1.88/108kg
In 2013 with 21.06 then 21.09, he broke the Bulgarian outdoor record of 21.01 which had stood to Georgi Todorov since 1988
In 2015: dnq EIC; 6 European Throws Cup; 1 Gabrovo; 1 Burgas; 1 Sofia; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike; 4 Montreuil; 1 Bulgarian; 7 Plock; 2 ETCh 2nd League; nm
Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 4 Madrid; 10 ÚstÍ Nad Labem; 5 Decín; 1 Stara Zagora; 3 Balkan
294
IVANOV Georgi BUL
317
NEDOW Tim CAN
24y
309d
1990
20.76
20.98 -14
2014 Commonwealth Shot Put bronze. Upset Dylan Armstrong to win Canadian title in 2013, then retained it in 2014/2015
DT pb: 60.48 -15. 3 Pan-Am junior SP 2009; 12 WSG SP 2011 (2013-fouled out in qualifying); 4 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 SP 2012 (6 DT);
dnq WCH SP 2013; 3 Francophone Games SP 2013; 3 COM SP 2014. 1 Canadian SP 2013/2014/2015 (1 DT 2012/2013/2014/2015). Was at DePaul
University in Chicago, studying Computer Game Development. Coach-Vesteinn Hafsteinsson. 2.00/130kg
In 2015: 4 Kansas Relays SP; 4 La Jolla SP; 1 Irvine Scott SP; 2 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational SP (2 DT); 3 Hengelo SP; 4 Ostrava SP; 6 Rome Diamond SP;
5 Prague Odložil SP; 1 Växjö SP (3 DT); 1 Sollentuna SP; 1 Bottnaryd SP; 1 Canadian SP/DT; 1 Stockholm Diamond SP
322
ELEMBA Franck CGO
25y
31d
1990
20.24
20.24 -15 NR
Full name-Franck Elemba Owaka
Congolese record holder // 7 IAAF Continental Cup 2010/2015; 5 African Games 2011; 5 Francophone Games 2013; 3 African Champs 2013 (2012-5); dnq
WIC 2014
In 2015: 3 French indoor; 1 Franconville; 1 Tourcoing; 5 Rehlingen; 3 Forbach; 1 Moroccan; 3 Amiens; 6 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 French; 1 Schifflange
335
LIU Yang CHN
28y
296d
1986
19.69
19.77 -13
357d
1990
20.58
20.59 -13
4 Asian Champs 2015. 2 Chinese National Games 2013. From-Liaoning Province. 1.90/110kg
In 2015: 2 Chengdu (Mar 31); 2 Chengdu (Apr 4); 3 Jinan; 4 Asian Champs; 1 Chinese Grand Prix Final
365
PREMERU Marin CRO
24y
Former holder of World Youth best at Shot Put, also world class at Discus Throw
DT pb: 63.38 -10 (60.70 -15). 2 World Youth DT 2007; 2 WJC DT 2008 (3 SP); 3 EJC DT 2007 (4 SP); 3 EJC DT 2009 (4 SP); dnq ECH DT 2010; dnq ECH SP
2012/2014; dnq EIC SP 2013; 2 Mediterranean Games SP 2013; dnq WCH SP 2013. 1 Croat SP 2009/2011/2013 (1 indoor 2010/2012/2014). 186/115kg
In 2015: 1 Drazevina SP; 1 Bar SP; 1 Zagreb SP; 1 Dakar Challenge SP; 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’ SP/DT; 1 European Clubs Cup ‘B’ DT; 3 Zenica SP; 7
Prague Odložil SP; 1 Zagreb SP; 1 Croatian Teams SP; 2 Maribor SP; 1 Szombathely SP; 2 Croatian SP (4 DT); 4 Balkan SP; 1 Szombathely SP; 1
Kragujevac SP
394
MARCELL Jan CZE
30y
78d
1985
19.82
20.93 -14
2007 European under-23 silver & 2008 Olympian at Discus Throw, but also world class at Shot Put
DT pb: 66.00 -11 (60.45 -15). dnq WJC DT 2004; 2 under-23 ECH DT 2007; dnq OLY DT 2008; 9 WSG DT 2009; dnq WIC SP 2010; 4 ETCh DT 2011 (8 SP); 6
ETCh DT 2014; 6 ECH 2014. 1 Czech SP 2011/2014 (1 indoor 2011/2012/2015); dnq EIC SP 2015. 1 Czech DT 2009/2011. Coach-Josef Šilhavý. 1.97/117kg
In 2015: 1 Otrokovice; 1 Linz Gugl; 2 Vienna ASVÖ; 1 Czech indoor
397
STANĚK Tomás CZE
24y
69d
1991
20.64
20.93 -14
20.94i -15. 5 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq WIC 2014; 6 ETCh 2014; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Czech indoor 2014
In 2015: 2 Czech indoor; dnq EIC; 2 Ostrava; 4 Turnov; 3 Ostrava; 3 European Clubs Cup (7 DT); 3 Rome Diamond; 1 Prague Odložil; 1 Kladno; 2 Plock; 1
ETCh 1st League; 3 Czech; 3 ÚstÍ Nad Labem; 2 Decín
417
AHMED Mustafa Amer EGY
Full name-Mostafa Amr Ahmed Ahmed Hassan // 1 Arab junior 2014; 8 WJC 2014; 1 Arab 2015
In 2015: 1 Cairo (Mar 12); 1 Cairo (Apr 1); 1 Arab
19y
248d
1995
20.57
20.57 -15
446
VIVAS Borja ESP
31y
86d
1984
20.28
21.07 -14
Full name-Borja Vivas Jimenez
2014 European silver // 10 EJC 2003; 8 under-23 ECH 2005; 1 Ibero-American 2008 (2010-4); 2 WSG 2009; dnq WCH 2009/2013; dnq WIC 2012/2014; 4
ETCh 2013/2014 (2010-8, 2011-7, 2015-6); 2 ECH 2014 (2010-10, 2012-7); 4 EIC 2015 (2011/2013-dnq). 1 Spanish 2010/2011/2013/2014 (1 indoor
2009/2010/2011/2013/2014/2015). Coach-Tomás Fernández. 2.03/140kg
In 2015: 1 Spanish indoor; 4 EIC; 1 European Throws Cup; 1 Spanish Universities; 1 Andújar; 7 Doha Diamond; 9 Rome Diamond; 1 Málaga; 6 ETCh; 2
Lisbon; 1 Torremolinos; 5 Madrid; 2 Gijón; 1 Spanish
569
STORL David GER
25y
25d
1990
21.92
21.97 -14
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Twice World Champion, twice European Champion
DT pb: 59.37 -09. 1 World Youth 2007; 1 WJC 2008; 1 EJC 2009; 1 ETCh 2011/2013/2014; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; 1 WCH 2011/2013 (2009-dnq); 2 WIC
2012/2014 (2010-6); 1 ECH 2012/2014 (2010-4); 2 OLY 2012; 1 EIC 2015 (2011-2). 1 German 2011/2013/2014/2015 & indoor 2012/2014/2015. His first sport
was football. Coach-Sven Lang. 1.99/125kg
In 2015: 1 German indoor; 1 EIC; 1 Doha Diamond; 1 Halle Werfertage; 2 Eugene Diamond; 1 Rome Diamond; 1 ETCh; 1 Schönebeck; 1 Lausanne Diamond;
1 Biberach; 1 Gotha; 1 German; He is nursing an injury to the tendons in his knee and needs to take pain-killing injections to get through competitions
593
SINGH Inderjeet IND
27y
123d
1988
20.65
20.65 -15
2015 Asian Champion. 2015 World Student Games Champion, the first Indian to win such a title
3 Asian Games 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015 (2013-4); 1 WSG 2015 (2013-3). Attends Acharya Nagarjuna University. Coach-Pritam Singh, he is planning to get
future guidance from former World Champion John Godina
In 2015: 1 Indian National Games; 1 Indian Federation Cup; 1 Asian Champs; 1 Bangkok; 1 Pathumthani; 1 Chanthaburi; 1 WSG; 1 Indian Inter-State
26y 249d 1988
21.69
21.69 -15 NR
2014 Commonwealth Games Champion & 2015 Pan-American Games Champion, setting Jamaican records both time
DT pb: 58.31 -12. 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010 (4 DT); 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2011/2013; 1 WSG 2011; dnq WCH 2013;
dnq WIC 2014; 1 COM 2014; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Jamaican 2013/2014/2015. Graduate in Data Communications from
Kingston’s University of Technology. Coach-Linval Swavy. 1.78/117kg
His first sport was football, but he became disillusioned when he always got picked to be goal keeper
In 2015: 1 Kingston; 1 Kingston GC Foster; 1 University of West Indies Invitational; 1 Kingston Classic; 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 8 Doha Diamond; 7
Eugene Diamond; 7 Rome Diamond; 4 New York Diamond; 1 Jamaican; 1 Pan-Am Games
640
RICHARDS O’Dayne JAM
727
BERTEMES Bob LUX
780
GILL Jacko NZL
22y
89d 1993
19.86
19.86 -15 NR
Luxembourgish record holder
2015 European under-23 silver // 20.56i -15. 4 Francophone Games 2013; 1 Small States of Europe Games 2015; 5 EIC 2015; 2 under-23 ECH 2015
There is also a Luxembourgish distance runner called Bob Bertemes, but there is no family connection between the two
In 2015: 5 EIC; 5 European Throws Cup; 1 Diekirch; 1 Small States of Europe Games; 4 ETCh 3rd League; 1 Luxembourg; 2 Bruay La Buissière; 2 under-23
ECH; 5 Bellinzona; 3 Schifflange
20y
244d
1994
20.75
20.75 -15
Full first name-Jackson, Gill is pronounced as in fish gill
In 2010 at 15y 213d he became the youngest ever World Junior Champion in athletics
2 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 1 WJC 2010/2012; 1 World Youth 2011; 11 COM 2014. World junior record holder (6kg) with 23.00 in 2013. In 2011 at 16y, he
broke the senior New Zealand record of 19.80 by Les Mills which had stood since 1967. Coach-Didier Poppe. 1.89/118kg
His older sister Ayla Gill was sixth at Hammer in the 2010 World Junior Championships and attends Southern Methodist University; his mother Nerida Morris
was New Zealand Champion at Discus in 1990; his father Walter Gill was New Zealand Champion at Shot in 1987 & 1989
In 2015: 1 Hastings; 1 Auckland; 2 New Zealand; 1 Australian; 1 North Shore; 1 Brisbane
782
WALSH Tom NZL
23y
172d
1992
21.50
21.50 -15 NR
Surprised everyone by taking the 2014 world indoor bronze after having set four New Zealand indoor records at the championships
21.26i -14. DT pb: 53.58 -14. 6 World Youth 2009; dnq WJC 2010; 3 WIC 2014; 2 COM 2014. 1 New Zealand 2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 DT 2013). He works
part-time as an apprentice builder in Christchurch. Coach-Ian Baird. 1.85/120kg
In 2015: 2 Christchurch; 2 Waitakere; 1 New Zealand; 1 Melbourne Challenge; 1 Georgia State Invitational; 4 Eugene Diamond; 3 New York Diamond; 5
Lausanne Diamond; 4 Monaco Diamond; 1 Mutterstadt (Oceanian record 21.50); 1 Chiba Juntendo
793
BUKOWIECKI Konrad POL
18y
157d
1997
20.42
20.42 -15
Reigning World Junior & Olympic Youth Champion. World Youth record holder indoors (24.24 with 5Kg shot in 2014)
DT pb: 52.65 -15. 5 World Youth 2013; 1 WJC 2014; 1 Youth Olympic Games 2014; 1 EJC 2015
In 2015: 3 Polish indoor; 6 EIC; 1 Bojanowo; 6 Kielce; 10 Halle Werfertage (1 junior DT); 8 Ostrava Golden Spike (1 junior DT); 1 Lomza; 1 Gdansk; 1 Lódz; 1
Kraków; 3 Plock; 1 Bialystok; 1 Katowice; 1 Polish junior (2 DT); 1 EJC (dnq DT); 3 Polish; 3 Warsaw; 4 Cetniewo
33y 356d 1981
20.73
21.95 -09 NR
In London 2012 became the first Shot Putter to retain an Olympic title since 1956
21x Polish Champion (13 out + 8 in)
4 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 WSG 2005 (2003-5); 3 WIC 2008/2012 (2004/2010/2014-4, 2006-6); 2 ECP 2008 (2003/2004-4, 2006-5, 2007-3); 1 OLY 2008/2012
(2004-dnq); 1 EIC 2009 (2005-dnq); 1 ETCh 2009/2010 (2011/2013/3024-2); 2 WCH 2009 (2005-7, 2007-4, 2011-8, 2013-6); 1 ECH 2010 (2006-6, 2014-3); 2
IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-5). 1 Polish 2002-2005/2007-2015 (1 indoors 2004-2006/2008-2010/2012/2014). Graduate of Political Science. 2.04/142kg
In 2015: 5 Eugene Diamond; 1 Plock; 2 ETCh; 1 Velenje; 7 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Biberach; 7 Monaco Diamond; 1 Polish; 1 Cetniewo; 1 Szczecin
801
MAJEWSKI Tomasz POL
816
ARNAUDOV Tsanko POR
23y
159d
1992
21.06
21.06 -15 NR
New Portuguese record holder // 1 Portuguese under-23 2014. Son of Bulgarian immigrants, he acquired Portuguese nationality on July 2, 2010
In 2015: 1 Portuguese indoor; 12 European Throws Cup; 1 Lisbon; 1 Leiria; 1 Lisbon (May 10); 1 Lisbon (May 17); 2 Hengelo; 1 European Clubs Cup; 2
Montreuil; 1 Portuguese Clubs; 3 ETCh 1st League; 3 Lisbon (Jun 25); 6 Madrid; 8 Monaco Diamond; 1 Bellinzona; 1 Portuguese (4 DT)
833
GAG Andrei ROU
24y
136d
1991
20.96
20.96 -15
New Romanian record holder at Shot Put (breaking the record of Gheorghe Guşet which had stood since 1999)
DT pb: 61.27 -14 (57.17 -15). 10 EJC DT 2009; 2 WJC DT 2010 (2008-dnq); 5 Francophone Games DT 2013; dnq ECH 2014; dnq EIC 2015; 2 WSG 2015. 1
Romanian SP/DT 2011/2014 (1 indoor SP 2013/2014/2015). 1.91/89kg
In 2015: 2 Romanian indoor; 4 Balkan indoor; dnq EIC; 2 Dakar Challenge; 1 Haniá; 1 Pitești (2 DT) (Jun 6/7); 2 ETCh 1st League; 1 Lisbon; 1 Pitești (2 DT)
(Jun 75); 4 Velenje; 2 WSG; 1 Romanian; 1 Balkan
839
CREMONA Orazio RSA
26y
51d
1989
20.49
20.63 -14
2014 African Champion // DT pb: 56.15 -14. dnq WJC 2008; dnq WCH 2013; 7 WIC 2014; 4 COM 2014; 1 African Champs 2014 (2010-3, 2012-2). 1 South
African 2012/2013/2014/2015. 1.91/148kg
In 2015: 1 Pretoria (Feb 2); 1 Pretoria (Feb 24); 1 Gauteng North; 1 South African; 5 Hengelo; 2 Baden-Württemberg; 8 Prague Odložil; 8 New York Diamond
841
ENGELBRECHT Jaco RSA
28y
166d
1987
20.45
20.45 -15
Full name-Jacobus Petrus Engelbrecht
Second at 2011 African Games & 2014 African Championships
DT pb: 55.32 -11 (52.06 -15). 2 African Games 2011; 3 WSG 2013 (2011-8, 2015-6); dnq WIC 2014; 2 African Champs 2014 (2012-4). 2 South African 2013.
Attends University of Johannesburg. 1.98/146kg
In 2015: 2 Pretoria (Feb 2); 1 Sasolburg; 1 Pretoria (Mar 28); 2 South African; 1 South African Universities (5 DT); 6 WSG
871
LESNOY Aleksandr RUS
27y
23d
1988
20.55
21.40 -14
2013 World Student Games Champion // 20.70i -15. DT pb: 58.80 -12 (53.50 -15). dnq WCH 2013; 3 ETCh 2012/2014 (2015-5); 1 WSG 2013; 8 WIC 2014; 10
ECH 2014; dnq EIC 2015. 1 Russian indoors & out 2014
In 2015: 2 Russian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Russian Teams; 5 ETCh; 2 Russian
884
SIDOROV Maksim RUS
29y
100d
1986
20.58
21.51 -12
2007 World Student Games Champion. 11x Russian Champion (6 out + 5 in)
Outdoor pb: 21.51 -12. 3 EJC 2005; 8 under-23 ECH 2007; 1 WSG 2007; dnq WCH 2009/2011/2013; 3 EIC 2011 (2013/2015-dnq); 5 WIC 2012 (2010/2014dnq). 1 Russian 2009/2011/2012/2013/2015 & indoor 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015. 1.88/120kg
In 2015: 3 Russian indoor; dnq EIC; 1 Rehlingen; 1 Riga; 10 Rome Diamond; 4 Prague Odložil; 3 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 1 Russian Cup; 1 Russian
903
KOLAŠINAC Asmir SRB
30y
309d
1984
21.58
21.58 -15
2013 European Indoor Champion // 3 WSG 2009 (2007-6); dnq WIC 2010/2012/2014; 1 Balkan 2011; 3 ECH 2012 (2010-8, 2014-5); 7 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); 1
EIC 2013 (2011-dnq, 2015-2); 10 WCH 2011/2013 1 Serbian 2008/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014 & Croatian 2012. Born-FYR of Macedonia, studied in BosniaHerzegovina, lives-Serbia. Coach-Nikola Tomašovec. 1.87/135kg
In 2015: 1 Balkan indoor; 2 EIC; 1 Senta; 5 Doha Diamond; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Slovenska Bistrica; 8 Rome Diamond; 1 Serbian Cup; 1 ETCh 2nd
League; 1 Belgrade; 1 Užice; 1 Serbian; 2 Balkan
1001
CANTWELL Christian USA
34y
324d
1980
21.64
22.54 -04
Former World Champion // 3 Pan-Am junior DT 99; 1 WIC 2004/2008/2010 (2006-dnq); 2 OLY 2008 (2012-4); 1 WCH 2009 (2005-4, 2011-3); 1 IAAF
Continental Cup 2010. 1 US 2005/2009/2010 & indoor 2007/2008/2010. Elbow surgeries in December 2012 & November 2013. Coach-Mike Riley, advised by
Justin Rodhe. 1.93/154kg
In 2015: 1 US indoor; 1 Kansas Relays; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 7 New York Diamond; 2 US; 1 Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 4 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Madrid;
1 ÚstÍ Nad Labem; 2 Monaco Diamond
1003
CLARKE Jordan USA
25y
42d
1990
21.49
21.49 -15
Twice US Collegiate Champion indoors & out, all in succession // DT pb: 61.16 -09 (as a junior). HT pb: 66.18 -13. 2 Pan-American junior 2009. 1 NCAA
2011/2012 (1 indoor 2012/2013). Was at Arizona State University. Born-Anchorage, Alaska. 1.93/125kg
In 2015: 2 Tempe (Mar 21); 1 Tempe (Apr 11); 2 La Jolla; 5 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Tucson; 2 Rome Diamond; 2 New York Diamond; 3 US; 8
Lausanne Diamond; 6 Monaco Diamond
1026
HOFFA Reese USA
37y
317d
1977
21.30
22.43 -07
2006 World Indoor Champion. 2007 World Champion, also that year, he had the world’s longest put, 22.43
HT pb: 60.05 -02. 9 WSG 2001; 1 Pan-Am Games 2003; 1 WIC 2006 (2004/2008-2, 2012-4); 2 WCP 2006; 1 WCH 2007 (2003-dnq, 2009/2011/2013-4); 3 OLY
2012 (2004-dnq, 2008-6). 1 US indoor 2006/2012 & outdoor 2007/2008/2012. Studied Health & PE at the University of Georgia. Married hammer thrower
Renata Foerst on November 26, 2005. 1.80/147kg
In 2015: 1 Georgia Relays; 1 Athens GA; 2 Kansas Relays; 3 La Jolla; 2 Doha Diamond; 6 Eugene Diamond; 5 New York Diamond; 4 US; 3 Lausanne
Diamond; 3 Monaco Diamond
1032
JONES Jonathan USA
24y
120d
1991
20.92
20.92 -15
2015 US Collegiate Champion indoors, representing The University at Buffalo (as it is titled)
5 Pan-Am Games 2015; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 4 US 2014 (2015-5). 1 NCAA 2015 (2013-4). He is the first track and field athlete from The
University at Buffalo to win a NCAA division 1 title. Student of psychology. 1.83/127kg
In 2015: 3 NCAA indoor; 1 Florida Relays; 2 Lewisburg Classic; 2 Penn Relays; 1 Muncie Mid-American Conference; 1 NCAA; 5 US; 5 Pan-Am Games; 1
North/Central America & Caribbean
1035
KOVACS Joe USA
26y
54d
1989
22.56
22.56 -15
Not over 20m before 2012, but made big advancement to 21.08 at 2012 US Olympic Trials, then another to 22.03 to win 2014 US title
8 WSG 2013; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 US 2014/2015. He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, grew up in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and his father’s
name was Joseph. Grandfather from Hungary. Coach-Art Venegas. 1.83/114kg
From Pennsylvania State University he has degrees in Economics, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
In 2015: 1 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational; 1 La Jolla; 1 Eagle Rock “Oxy” Invitational; 4 Doha Diamond; 1 Eugene Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 1 US; 2
Sotteville-lès-Rouen; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Madrid; 2 ÚstÍ Nad Labem; 1 Monaco Diamond (the world’s longest put since Kevin Toth’s 22.67 in 2003 – “the
World record is not that far away now” he says)
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....23.12.......Randy Barnes USA.................... 1990
2.....23.06.......Ulf Timmermann GDR................1988
3.....22.91.......Alessandro Andrei ITA............... 1987
4.....22.86.......Brian Oldfield USA..................... 1975
5.....22.75.......Werner Günthör SUI.................. 1988
6.....22.67.......Kevin Toth USA..........................2003
7.....22.64.......Udo Beyer GDR......................... 1986
8.....22.56.......Joe Kovacs USA........................ 2015
9.....22.54.......Christian Cantwell USA.............. 2004
10...22.52.......John Brenner USA..................... 1987
1.....22.56.......Joe Kovacs USA
2.....22.20.......David Storl GER
3.....21.69.......O'Dayne Richards JAM
4.....21.64.......Christian Cantwell USA
5.....21.58.......Asmir Kolašinac SRB
6.....21.50.......Tom Walsh NZL
7.....21.49.......Jordan Clarke USA
8.....21.37.......Ryan Whiting USA
9.....21.30.......Reese Hoffa USA
10...21.11.......Ryan Crouser USA
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Entrants
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QBR
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Age
175
HARRADINE Benn AUS
32y
(Days)
Born
311d
1982
2015 Best
66.75
Personal Best
68.20 -13 NR
Commonwealth record holder // dnq WCH 2009/2013; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-5); 1 COM 2010 (2014-4); 9 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq). 1 Australian
2007/2008/2010/2011/2012. Pays the guitar. Born-Newcastle NSW, a descendant of the Wotjobaluk Wergaia groups from the Wimmera region in western
Victoria. Lives-Melbourne. Coach/ father-Ken Harradine. 1.99/117kg
In 2015: 2 Wiesbaden; 2 Halle Werfertage; 8 Hengelo; 2 Sollentuna; 2 Swedish Clubs; 3 Lucerne; 3 London Diamond; 6 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Swedish
184
WRUCK Julian AUS
24y
46d
1991
63.88
68.16 -13
2010 World junior bronze. 2013 US Collegiate Champion, representing Texas Tech University
1 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008; 3 WJC 2010; 8 COM 2010 (2014-9); dnq OLY 2012; 11 WCH 2013. 1 Australian 2013/2015; 1 NCAA 2013 (2014-2).
Coach-Cliff Felkins. 1.98/116kg
In 2015: 1 Sydney; 1 Brisbane; 1 Newcastle; 1 Brisbane; 1 Perth; 1 Queensland State; 1 Melbourne Challenge; 1 Australian; 1 Gold Coast; 1 Sunshine Coast
186
MAYER Gerhard AUT
35y
92d
1980
67.20
67.20 -15
Austrian record holder & 14x Champion // 10 under-23 ECH 2001; 9 WSG 2005; 1 WSG 2007; dnq OLY 2008/2012; 8 WCH 2009; 7 ECH 2012
(2006/2010/2014-dnq). 1 Austrian 2001-2014. Former downhill ski-ier. Coach-Gregor Högler. 1.91/109kg
In 2015: 1 Austrian Clubs; 1 Schwechat; 1 Südstadt; 2 St. Pölten; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 4 Tomblaine; 8 Székesfehérvár; 6 London Diamond; 7 Stockholm
Diamond
23y 182d 1992
67.24
67.24 -15 NR
2011 European Junior Champion, also world class at shot // SP pb: 18.90 -13. 4 World Youth SP 2009; 1 European Youth Olympic Festival SP 2009; 6 WJC SP
2010; 1 EJC DT 2011 (5 SP); dnq EIC SP 2013/2015. 1 Austrian SP 2012/2013/2014/2015 (1 indoor 2011/2013/2014/2015) (1 DT 2015)
In 2015: 1 Austrian indoor SP; dnq EIC SP; 1 Neuhofen; 1 Halle Werfertage ‘B’; 1 Schwechat; 1 Hainfeld; 1 Schwechat; 1 Vienna; 1 Schwechat; 3 ETCh 3rd
League; 1 Schwechat; 1 Ried; 1 Schwechat; 1 Austrian SP/DT
187
WEISSHAIDINGER Lukas AUT
226
MILANOV Philip BEL
272
JULIÃO Ronald BRA
359
ORTEGA Mauricio COL
386
PARELLIS Apostolos CYP
439
MARTÍNEZ Lois Maikel ESP
24y
46d 1991
66.66
66.66 -15 NR
New World Student Games Champion // SP pb: 17.91 -15. 5 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq ECH 2014; 1 WSG 2015. 1 Belgian 2012/2013/2014/2015. His
father/coach Emil Milanov (58.28 for DT in 1982) moved from Bulgaria to Belgium in 1989
In 2015: 2 Belgian indoor SP; 1 Burcht; 7 European Throws Cup; 1 Kessel-Lo; 1 Jambes SP/DT; 2 Hengelo; 1 Lokeren (3 SP); 1 ETCh 1st League (10 SP); 8
Paris Diamond; 1 Brussels; 1 WSG; 1 London Diamond; 1 Belgian (3 SP); 2 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Leuven
QBR
30y
66d 1985
64.65
65.55 -13 NR
Full name-Ronald Odair de Oliveira Juliao
2013 World Student Games Champion. Brazilian record holder
SP pb: 18.78 -11 (17.27 -15). 1 South American 2011 (2006/2007-2, 2005/2009-3) (& 2 SP 2009); 1 WSG 2013 (2011-3); 2 Pan-Am Games 2013 (2011-3). 1
Brazilian 2005-2015 (1 SP 2008-2011). 1.94/113kg
In 2015: 2 Eagle Rock; 1 San Diego (Mar 21); 3 San Diego (Mar 28); 1 Claremont (3 SP); 1 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational; 3 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Norwalk
Beach Invitational; 5 Chula Vista; 5 La Jolla; 1 São Paulo State; 1 Brazilian (7 SP); 5 Dakar Challenge (8 SP); 1 São Bernardo do Campo (May 31); 2 South
American; 1 São Bernardo do Campo (Jul 11); 2 Pan-Am Games
21y
17d 1994
64.47
64.47 -15 NR
Colombian record holder // 4 World Youth 2011; 9 WJC 2012; 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 1 South American Games 2014; 1 South
American 2015 (2013-3); 7 Pan-Am Games 2015
In 2015: 1 Santiago de Chile (Apr 9); 1 Santiago de Chile (Apr 11); 1 Colombian Universities; 1 Medellín Restrepo; 1 Cartagena; 1 South American; 7 Pan-Am
Games; 1 Calí
30y
28d 1985
65.04
65.36 -12 NR
2014 Commonwealth Games silver medallist // 3 under-23 ECH 2007; 1 Small States of Europe Games 2009; 6 WSG 2009; dnq ECH 2010/2012/2014; 6 WSG
2011; dnq OLY 2012; dnq WCH 2013; 2 COM 2014 (2010-4). 1 Cypriot 2007-2015. He has set 16 Cypriot records up to 65.36 in Haniá on June 3, 2012.
1.86/110kg
In 2015: 4 European Throws Cup; 7 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Dakar Challenge; 3 ETCh 2nd League; 1 Cypriot; 1 Madrid; 4 Lucerne; 7 London Diamond
34y
79d
1981
65.30
67.45 -05
Bronze at 2003 Pan-American Games for Cuba (as Loy Maikel). Has lived in Spain since 2009, gained Spanish citizenship on August 5, 2015 (after an eightyear struggle) and cleared by IAAF to compete for Spain from August 7, 2015
6 WJC 2000 (98-dnq); 3 Pan-Am Games 2003; dnq WCH 2003; dnq OLY 2004; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2005. 1.85/85kg
In 2015: 2 Zaragoza; 2 Montgeron; 1 Dakar Challenge; 1 Málaga (Jun 3); 1 Málaga (Jun 10); 2 Bilbao; 5 Tomblaine; 1 Durango; 3 Catalan; 8 Madrid
36y 107d 1979
66.02
73.38 -06 NR
2008 Olympic Champion. Medals from the last five World Championships
5 under-23 ECH 2001; 1 WSG 2005; 2 ECH 2006/2012/2014 (2002-12, 2010-4); 1 WCH 2007 (2003-dnq, 2005-2 after leading until the last throw of Alekna,
2009-3, 2011-2, 2013-3); 1 OLY 2008 (2004-dnq, 2012-3); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Estonian 2004-2009/2012-2015. Graduate of Business
Management from Tallinn Technical University. The Estonian Post Office has issued a stamp in his honour. 1.96/127kg
In 2015: 9 Shanghai Diamond; 3 Turnov; 5 Eugene Diamond; 1 Tartu; 5 Oslo Diamond; 1 Wroclaw; 3 Paris Diamond; 5 Székesfehérvár; 1 Viljandi; 1 Kohila; 2
Cetniewo; 1 Estonian (10th time); 3 Szczecin
449
KANTER Gerd EST
452
KUPPER Martin EST
26y
82d
1989
66.67
66.67 -15
8 European Throws Cup 2013; 9 ECH 2014. 2 Estonian 2013/2015
In 2015: 1 European Throws Cup; 4 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Hengelo; 4 Eugene Diamond; 5 Tartu; 7 Oslo Diamond; 1 Estonian Clubs; 4 ETCh 1st League; 3
Viljandi; 8 London Diamond; 2 Valmiera; 2 Estonian
553
HARTING Christoph GER
24y
321d
1990
67.93
67.93 -15
Younger (but taller) brother of Olympic & World Champion Robert Harting
SP pb: 17.75 -12. 5 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq WCH 2013 (missed final by one place). 1 German under-23 2010/2011/2012. Coach-Torsten Schmidt. 2.05/117kg
His brother will not defend his world title in Beijing because he still has not fully recovered from rupturing a cruciate ligament in his left knee
In 2015: 4 Berlin ISTAF; 1 Wiesbaden; 1 Halle Werfertage; nm Hengelo; 1 Berlin-Brand; 4 Oslo Diamond; 4 Paris Diamond; 2 Lucerne; 1 German (meaning that
a Harting has won the title every year since 2007)
554
HARTING Robert GER
30y
306d
1984
-
70.66 -12
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Three times World Champion, twice European Champion, once Olympic Champion
2 World Youth 2001; dnq WJC 2002; dnq EJC 2003; 1 under-23 ECH 2005; 2 ECP 2007/2008; 1 ETCh 2010/2011/2013/2014 (2009-2); 1 WCH
2009/2011/2013 (2007-2); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 1 ECH 2012/2014 (2006-dnq, 2010-2); 1 OLY 2012 (200804). 1 German 2007-2013. His parents Gerd
Seidel and Bettina Harting were both shot putters in the GDR era. 2.01/126kg
In November 2013 he won €20,000 in a TV celebrity poker tournament, losing only to the German television host and comedian Alexander ‘Elton’ Duszat
In 2015: It is reported that he will not defend his title, having not fully recovered from rupturing a cruciate ligament in his left knee
558
JASINSKI Daniel GER
26y
16d
1989
65.93
65.98 -14
dnq WJC 2008; 9 WSG 2011; 6 under-23 ECH 2011; 1 European Throws Cup 2013; 7 ECH 2014
In 2015: 5 Berlin ISTAF; 4 Wiesbaden; 4 Halle Werfertage; 6 Hengelo; 1 Attendorn; nm Bydgoszcz; 1 West German; 8 Lucerne; 5 German; 1 Leverkusen; 1
Schifflange; 1 Leiria (Aug 8); 1 Leiria (Aug 9)
572
WIERIG Martin GER
28y
72d
1987
65.94
68.33 -12
Fourth at 2013 World Championships // 3 EJC 2005; 3 WJC 2006 (2004-8); 1 under-23 ECH 2007 (2009-3); 7 ECH 2010 (2012-dnq, 2014-11); 6 OLY 2012; 4
WCH 2013 (2009-dnq);2 ETCh 2015. Coach-Armin Lemme (4 ECH 82 for GDR). 2.02/124kg
In 2015: 1 Halle (Jan 17); 1 Halle (Feb 1); 1 Berlin ISTAF (indoors); 1 Schönebeck; 3 Wiesbaden; 3 Halle Werfertage; 2 Turnov; 8 Eugene Diamond; 2 ETCh; 1
Schönebeck; 1 Lucerne; 2 German
588
KŐVÁGÓ Zoltan HUN
36y
133d
1979
67.39
69.95 -06
2004 Olympic silver. Stripped of 2012 European bronze // 3 EJC 97; 1 WJC 98; 1 under-23 ECH 2001 (99-6); 7 ECH 2002 (98/2010/2014-dnq, 2012-dq after
initially winning bronze); 2 OLY 2004 (2000/2008-dnq); 6 WCH 2009 (2001/2003-dnq, 2005-10, 2007-9, 2011-dnq) 1 Hungarian
2001/2004/2005/2008/2010/2011/2015. 2.04/122kg
Served two-year doping suspension in 2012-2014, with results annulled from August 11, 2011 (became eligible July 5, 2014)
In 2015: 1 Szentes; 1 Budapest Schulek; 1 Szombathely; 1 ETCh 2nd League; 2 Paris Diamond; 2 Székesfehérvár; 9 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Hungarian
32y
47d 1983
65.75
66.28 -12 NR
2014 Commonwealth Games Champion. Twice Asian Champion // SP pb: 19.62 -06. 8 WJC SP 2002 (12 DT); 5 COM SP 2006; 4 Asian Games 2010; 7 WCH
2011/2013 (2005/2007-dnq); 8 OLY 2012 (2004/2008-dnq); 1 Asian Champs 2013/2015 (2005/2011-2, 2007-4); 1 COM 2014 (2006-6, 2010-2). 1 NCAA 2006
(2005-2). Born-Mysore (India), moved to the USA at age six . Studied Statistics at the University of North Carolina. Coach-John Godina (3x World Champion),
formerly Shive Gowda (father), who coached the 1988 Indian Olympic track team. 2.06/125kg
In 2015: 1 Mesa Classic; 1 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Chula Vista; 1 La Jolla; 1 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 3 Shanghai Diamond; 2 Tucson; 3 Eugene Diamond; 1
Asian Champs; 6 Paris Diamond; 6 Székesfehérvár; 5 London Diamond
592
GOWDA Vikas IND
596
HADADI Ehsan IRI
623
DACRES Fedrick JAM
30y 212d 1985
65.22
69.32 -08 NR
2012 Olympic silver ... 2011 World bronze ... multi-Asian Champion & record holder ... former World Junior Champion
SP pb: 17.82i -08. 1 Asian junior 2004; 1 WJC 2004; 1 Asian Champs 2005/2007/2009/2011 (2003-8); 1 West Asian Games 2005; 2 WCP 2006; 1 Asian
Games 2006/2010; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 3 WCH 2011 (2007-7); 2 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq). 1.92/110kg
He was second at London 2012 with 68.18, just 9cm behind Robert Harting’s winning effort of 68.27. One of his throws was even longer than Harting’s best (he
estimated 68.50), but was judged to be a foul
In 2015: 6 Eugene Diamond; 6 Oslo Diamond; 3 Székesfehérvár; 1 Grevenmacher (Jul 12); 1 Grevenmacher (Jul 19); 1 Eschelbronn
21y
174d
1994
66.40
66.75 -14
2015 Pan-American Games Champion. Former World Youth & World Junior Champion
SP pb: 18.99 -14 (18.32 -15). 3 Pan-Am junior 2011; 1 World Youth 2011; 1 Central American & Caribbean junior 2012; 1 WJC 2012; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1
Jamaican 2015. Coach-Julian Robinson
In 2015: 1 Mona SP/DT (Jan 10); 1 Kingston SP/DT (Jan 24); 1 Kingston Jackson SP; 1 Kingston DT (2 SP) (Feb 7); 1 Kingston GC Foster DT (2 SP); 1
University of West Indies Invitational DT (2 SP); 3 Penn Relays DT (10 SP); 4 Kingston Jamaican Invitational DT; 1 Port of Spain Hampton Games DT; 1 West
Indies Universities SP/DT; 1 Jamaican DT (5 SP); 1 Pan-Am Games DT
638
MORGAN Jason JAM
32y
319d
1982
68.19
68.19 -15 NR
Jamaican record holder // SP pb: 17.68 -11. dnq WCH 2007/2011; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010 & Champs 2011; 7 Pan-Am Games 2011
(2007-10); dnq OLY 2012; 3 COM 2014; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Jamaican 2009/2010. Studied Psychology at Louisiana Technical University. He
works full-time as a counsellor for deprived and abused children in Ruston, Louisiana. Coach-Andy Kokhanovskiy. 1.86/114kg
He retired in 2014 and gave up training at the start of the summer – but was encouraged back by the children he counsels
In 2015: 1 Lake Charles Cowboy Relays; 1 Ruston LA; 1 Conway; 1 Natchitoches; 5 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 5 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Pearl MS (May
23); 1 Pearl MS (Jun 6); 2 Jamaican; 2 Tomblaine; 7 Paris Diamond; 9 Székesfehérvár; 4 Madrid; 5 Lucerne; 9 London Diamond
644
WRIGHT Chad JAM
24y
149d
1991
65.03
65.03 -15
Former US Collegiate Champion // SP pb: 19.39 -13 (18.45 -15). 5 WJC 2010; 6 COM 2014; 4 WSG 2015. 1 NCAA 2012 (2013-2, 2014-4). 1 Jamaican
2013/2014. Studied Mechanical Engineering at University of Nebraska
In 2015: 1 Tucson; 1 Phoenix; 1 Lincoln; 2 La Jolla; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 2 Dakar Challenge (6 DT); 3 Jamaican (4 SP); 4 WSG
22y 307d 1992
63.22
63.22 -15 NR
2015 Asian Championships silver. Kuwaiti record holder // dnq World Youth 2009; dnq WJC 2010; 9 Asian Games 2014; 1 Arab 2015; 2 Asian Champs 2015
(2013-8)
In 2015: 1 Al-Kuwait; 1 Qatif; 1 Arab; 2 Doha Emir Cup; 1 Kuwaiti; 2 Asian Champs
716
AL-ZANKAWI Essa Mohamed KUW
725
GUDŽIUS Andrius LTU
24y
188d
1991
65.51
66.11 -14
2013 European under-23 Champion // 3 World Youth 2007; 1 WJC 2010 (2008-6); 1 under-23 ECH 2013; 10 ECH 2014 (2012-dnq); 3 WSG 2015. 1 Lithuanian
2013/2014. Coach-Vaclovas Kidykas (3 ECH 86, 68.44 in 88). Attends the Sports University of Lithuania in Kaunas. 1.99/130kg
In 2015: 2 European Throws Cup; 1 Lithuanian winter; 1 Kaunas; 6 Shanghai Diamond; 7 Hengelo; 2 European Clubs Cup ‘B’; 1 Lithuanian Teams; 3 Tartu; 2
ETCh 1st League; 1 Tomblaine; 3 WSG; 2 Kaunas City; 1 Valmiera; 2 Lithuanian
32y
75d 1983
68.29
71.84 -13 NR
2010 European Champion. 2008 Olympic silver. Twice World Championship silver
5 EJC 2001; 6 WJC 2002; 2 under-23 ECH 2005 (2003-9); 1 ECP 2006/2007 (2008-3); 2 OLY 2008 (2012-5); 1 ETCh 2009 (2010-2, 2011-3, 2013-4, 2014-2); 2
WCH 2009/2013 (2007-12, 2009-9); 1 ECH 2010 (2006-6, 2014-4); 4 IAAF Continental Cup 2010. 1 Polish 2006-2015. Former nightclub bouncer. His son
Henryk Józef born November 13, 2013. Coach-Witold Suski. 1.93/130kg
In 2015: 1 Shanghai Diamond; 1 Turnov; 1 Hengelo; 1 Eugene Diamond; 3 Oslo Diamond; 2 Wroclaw; 1 Paris Diamond; 1 Székesfehérvár; 1 Polish (10th time);
4 London Diamond; 1 Stockholm Diamond; 1 Cetniewo; 1 Szczecin
802
MAŁACHOWSKI Piotr POL
811
URBANEK Robert POL
28y
114d
1987
66.31
66.93 -12
2014 European bronze medallist ahead of his compatriot and training partner Piotr Małachowski
7 under-23 ECH 2009; 5 WSG 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 6 WCH 2013; 3 ECH 2014 (2012-6); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 ETCh 2015. 1 Polish under-23
2008/2009. Coach-Witold Suski. 2.00/122kg
In 2015: 1 Kielce; 2 Shanghai Diamond; 4 Turnov; 3 Hengelo; 2 Eugene Diamond; 1 Oslo Diamond; 1 Bydgoszcz; 1 ETCh; 3 Wroclaw; 5 Paris Diamond; 4
Székesfehérvár; 2 Polish; 2 London Diamond; 3 Stockholm Diamond; 3 Cetniewo; 2 Szczecin
844
HOGAN Victor RSA
26y
27d
1989
64.56
65.33 -13
Twice African Champion // 1 African junior 2007; 4 WJC 2008; 2 African Games 2011; 1 African Champs 2012/2014 (2010-3); 5 WCH 2013’ 10 COM 2014; 4
IAAF Continental Cup 2014 (2012-8). 1 South African 2010-2015. 1.99/132kg
In 2015: 1 Boland; 1 South African; 10 Shanghai Diamond; 5 Hengelo; 1 Dutch; 3 Leiria (Aug 8); 2 Leiria (Aug 9)
23y 277d 1991
61.35
61.35 -15 NR
Samoan record holder at Discus & Hammer Throw. 2015 Oceanian Champion at Shot & Discus
SP pb: 17.69i -14, 17.12 -12. HT pb: 58.66 -15. dnq WJC 2010; 7 WSG 2013; dnq WCH 2013; 1 Oceanian SP/DT 2015; 1 Pacific Games 2015. 5 NCAA 2011.
Attends Central Michigan University. 1.88/127kg
In 2015: 1 Alma; 1 Allendale; 1 Grand Rapids; 1 Oceanian; 1 Oceanian SP/DT; 1 Windsor ON; 2 Claremont; 1 Pacific Games DT (2 SP/HT)
892
ROSE Alex SAM
919
HÄRSTEDT Axel SWE
QBR
28y
174d
1987
64.72
64.72 -15
63.38
66.89 -14
dnq WJC 2006; 12 ECH 2014. 2 Swedish 2007/2014/2015. Self-coached. Lives-Malmö. 1.97/130kg
Has now improved his personal best for seven years in succession
In 2015: 5 European Throws Cup; 5 Halle Werfertage; 1 Bottnaryd; 1 Helsingborg; 4 Stockholm Diamond; 2 Swedish
921
STÅHL Daniel SWE
QBR
22y
358d
1992
SP pb: 19.17 -14 (18.70 -15). dnq World Youth SP/DT 2009; dnq WJC SP 2010; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Swedish 2014 & SP 2015. His first sport was ice hockey.
Coach-Vesteinn Hafsteinsson. 2.00/136kg
In 2015: 3 Swedish indoor SP; 1 Uppsala; 2 Tartu; 2 Bydgoszcz; 2 Växjö SP; 1 Sollentuna (4 SP); 2 Bottnaryd (5 SP); 4 Helsingborg; 1 Swedish Clubs; 2
Madrid; 7 Lucerne; 2 Viljandi; 5 Stockholm Diamond; 4 Helsingborg; 1 Swedish SP (3 DT)
998
BROWN Rodney USA
22y
92d
1993
65.04
65.04 -15
dnq WJC 2012. 4 NCAA 2013 (2014-10); 7 US 2013 (2014-9)
In 2015: 1 Classic; 1 Texas Relays; 1 Baton Rouge (Apr 4); 1 Tucson; 1 Baton Rouge (Apr 18); 1 Penn Relays; 1 Louisiana State Invitational; 1 Starkville
Southeastern Conference; 9 NCAA; 4 US; 3 Madrid; 6 Lucerne; 10 London Diamond
1041
MADISON Chase USA
29y
340d
1985
65.42
65.42 -15
Was reserve entry for 2009 World Championships // 9 NCAA DT 2009 (2006-11); 5 US 2013 (2015-7). Studied Health and Human performance at Iowa State
University. 1.92/130kg
In 2015: 1 Iowa City; 1 Tuscaloosa; 1 Macomb; 1 Rock Island; 1 Iowa City Musco Invitational; 7 US
1056
SCHUURMANS Jared USA
28y
1d
1987
66.10
66.10 -15
2015 US Champion // SP pb: 17.66i, 17.28 -10. 4 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 US 2015. Coach-Greg Garza (formerly Mac Wilkins (1 OLY 76)). 1.93/122kg
In 2015: 2 Westwood Rafer/JJK Invitational; 2 Chula Vista; 4 La Jolla; 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 1 Tucson (May 21); 1 Tucson (May 23); 7 Eugene
Diamond; 1 Claremont (Jun 6); 1 Claremont (Jun 7); 1 San Diego Champs; 1 US; 9 Paris Diamond; 4 Pan-Am Games
1072
WINGER Russ USA
31y
18d
1984
64.34
66.04 -11
SP pb: 21.29i -08, 21.25 -10. 8 Pan-Am Games SP 2011; 3 Pan-Am Games 2015; 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 2 NCAA indoor SP
2006/2007/2008; 2 US indoor SP 2019; 2 US DT 2013/2015. Born/lives-Colorado Springs. Studied Engineering at the University of Idaho. Wife-Kara Winger
(née Patterson) is North American record holder for Javelin Throw. 1.91/134kg
Just missed out on Olympic selection in 2008 (5th US Trials SP) & 2012 (5th Trials DT)
In 2015: 2 Tucson (Mar 20); 2 Texas Relays; 2 Boulder; 6 Kingston Jamaican Invitational; 2 Tucson (May 21); 7 Tucson (May 23); 4 Claremont (Jun 6); 4
Claremont (Jun 7); 2 US; 2 Naperville; 3 Pan-Am Games; 1 Portland
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....74.08.......Jürgen Schult GDR.................... 1986
2.....73.88.......Virgiljus Alekna LTU................... 2000
3.....73.38.......Gerd Kanter EST........................2006
4.....71.86.......Yuriy Dumchev RUS.................. 1983
5.....71.84.......Piotr Małachowski POL.............. 2013
6.....71.70.......Robert Fazekas HUN................. 2002
7.....71.50.......Lars Riedel GER........................ 1997
8.....71.32.......Ben Plucknett USA.....................1983
=9...71.26.......John Powell USA....................... 1984
.......71.26 ......Rickard Bruch SWE................... 1984
.......71.26.......Imrich Bugar TCH...................... 1985
1.....68.29.......Piotr Małachowski POL
2.....68.19.......Jason Morgan JAM
3.....67.93.......Christoph Harting GER
4.....67.39.......Zoltán Kővágó HUN
5.....67.24.......Lukas Weisshaidinger AUT
6.....67.20.......Gerhard Mayer AUT
7.....66.75.......Benn Harradine AUS
8.....66.67.......Martin Kupper EST
9.....66.66.......Philip Milanov BEL
10...66.40.......Fedrick Dacres JAM
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236
BAREISHA Pavel BLR
24y
(Days)
Born
186d
1991
2015 Best
Personal Best
76.86
76.86 -14
6 WJC 2010; 10 ECH 2014; 2 WSG 2015. 1 Belarusian 2014
In 2015: 3 Belarusian winter; 1 Jablonec; 5 Halle Werfertage; 5 Belarusian Cup; 2 Minsk Olympic Prize; 3 Prague Odložil; 8 Rabat; 2 WSG; 1 Belarusian
239
SHAYUNOV Yuriy BLR
27y
303d
1987
76.85
80.72 -09
Twice European under-23 Champion
Belorussian transliteration = Yury Shayunou
3 EJC 2005; 4 WJC 2006 (2004-dnq); 1 under-23 ECH 2007/2009; 1 WSG 2009 (2013-4); dnq ECH 2010/2012; 5 ETCh 2013; 12 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq, 2011fouled out final). 1.95/105kg
In 2015: 1 Belarusian winter; 4 European Throws Cup; 1 Misnk; 3 Brest Shukevich Memorial; 3 Belarusian Cup; 2 St. Pölten; 6 Prague Odložil; 3 Huelva; 5
Zhukovskiy; 2 Belarusian
240
TIKHON Ivan BLR
39y
27d
1976
77.46
84.51 -08
World Champion in 2003 & 2007, but stripped of the 2005 title and also the 2004 Olympic silver and 2006 European title
Disqualified pb: 86.73 -06 (at the time, just one centimetre below the 1986 world record on Yuriy Sedykh). 1 under-23 ECH 97; 6 WSG 2001; 9 ECH 2002 (98dnq, 2006-dq); 1 WCH 2003/2007 (97-fouled out final, 2001-dnq, 2005-dq); 1 WSG 2003 (2001-6); 3 OLY 2008 (2000-4, 2004-dq); dq WCP 2006. 1 Belarusian
2000/2001/2003/2004/2008. 1.86/110kg
For 18 months in 2008-2010 his was stripped of his 2008 Olympic bronze medal after failing a doping control test. He appealed the decision with the Court of
Arbitration for Sport and won, on the grounds that the testing process was sub-standard. He did not compete again until May 2012, but his entry to the Olympics
that year was withdrawn when it emerged that he had failed re-tests of samples from Athens 2004 & Helsinki 2005. He was ultimately stripped of the medals he
won at those championships and others in 2004-2006, and suspended in 2012-2014
In 2015: 1 Zhukovskiy
270
DOMINGOS Wagner BRA
QBR
32y
148d
1983
74.20
75.47 -14 NR
Full name-Wagner José Alberto Carvalho Domingos
Brazilian record holder & 9x Champion
4 Pan-Am Games 2011/2015 (2007-7); 1 South American 2013/2015 (2005/2011-2, 2007-3, 2009-4); 1 Ibero-American 2014 (2006/2010-3). 1 Brazilian
2005/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2013/2014/2015. 1.87/118kg
His wife Laila Ferrer Domingos is twice Brazilian Champion at javelin throw
In 2015: 1 Domzale (Mar 21); 1 Domzale (Apr 12); 1 Brazilian; 1 Slovenska Bistrica; 1 Zenica; 1 Maribor; 1 South American; 4 Pan-Am Games
343
WAN Yong CHN
28y
30d
1987
74.74
74.74 -15
4x Chinese Champion // 1 East Asian Games 2013; 3 Asian Games 2014; 3 Asian Champs 2015. 2 Chinese National Games 2013 (2009-4). 1 Chinese
2010/2011/2013/2014. From-Jiangxi Pronvince. 1.88/97kg
In 2015: 2 Chengdu (Mar 31); 2 Chengdu (Apr 4); 1 Jinan; 1 Taiyuan; 3 Asian Champs; 3 Belarusian
363
SAWYERS Roberto CRC
28y
308d
1986
76.37
76.37 -15 NR
He has set Costa Rican Hammer Throw records every year for five years, starting with 2011. Also holds national records at shot & discus
SP pb: 15.80 -11. DT pb: 53.27 -10. 7 Pan-Am Games 2011/2015 (2007-12); 4 Ibero-American 2012/2014; 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2013
(2009-6, 2011-2; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015
In 2015: 1 Classic; 2 Buenos Aires (Mar 27); 2 Buenos Aires (Mar 29); 1 Princeton; 1 Medellín Restrepo; 10 Halle Werfertage; 7 Fränkisch-Crumbach; 1
Jablonec (May 27); 1 Jablonec (Jun 3); 10 Prague Odložil; 1 Jablonec (Jun 10); 7 Pan-Am Games; 5 North/Central America & Caribbean
28y 357d 1986
78.02
78.02 -15 NR
Central American record holder // 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 2009/2011; 1 Ibero-American 2010/2012; dnq OLY 2012; dnq WCH 2013; 6 IAAF
Continental Cup 2014; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 2015 (2011-5); 1 North/Central America & Caribbean 2015. 1.87/95kg
In 2015: 1 Havana (May 8); 1 Las Tunas; 1 Havana Barrientos; 1 Havana (Jun 6); 1 Havana (Jun 19); 6 Székesfehérvár; 2 Pan-Am Games; 1 North/Central
America & Caribbean
378
JANET Roberto CUB
396
MELICH Lukáš CZE
34y
338d
1980
76.21
80.28 -13
2013 World Championship bronze medallist // 10 WJC 98; 4 WSG 2003; 5 ECP 2005; dnq ECH 2006/2012/2014; 4 World Military Games 2007; 5 ETCh 2009
(2011-9, 2014-9); 6 OLY 2012 (2008-dnq); 3 WCH 2013 (2005-dnq). 1 Czech 2003/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2012/2013/2015. 1.86/110kg
In 2015: 1 Ostrava (May 16); 6 Ostrava Golden Spike (May 25); 1 European Clubs Cup; 2 Florø; 2 Prague Odložil; 1 Kladno; 1 ETCh 1st League; nm Turku; 1
Czech; 7 Székesfehérvár; 3 Edmonton Classic; 8 Zhukovskiy; 7 Karlstad; 6 Szczecin
26y 323d 1988
79.90
81.27 -14 NR
Full name-Mostafa Mohamed Hesham Al-Gamel (Hesham aka Hicham)
African record holder
dnq WCH 2011; 1 African Games 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 1 Mediterranean Games 2013; 1 African Champs 2014 (2010/2012-3); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1
Arab 2014. 1.91/96kg
In 2015: 1 Arab; 1 Bydgoszcz; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike; 4 Rabat; 4 Turku; 1 Kaustinen
416
AL-GAMAL Mostafa EGY
431
CIENFUEGOS Javier ESP
484
SEPPÄNEN Tuomas FIN
QBR
25y
37d 1990
74.76
76.71 -13 NR
Full name-Javier Cienfuegos Pinilla
Former world junior record holder
dnq World Youth 2007; 8 ECP 2008; 12 WJC 2008; 3 EJC 2009 (2007-dnq); dnq WCH 2009/2011/2013; 4 Ibero-American 2010; dnq ECH 2010/2012/2014; 8
ETCh 2011-2013 (2009-7, 2010-12, 2014-10, 2015-9); 2 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq OLY 2012. 1 Spanish 2009/2010/2013/2014. Coach-Antonio Fuentes.
1.93/134kg
In 2015: 1 Montijo; 1 Spanish winter; 6 European Throws Cup; 1 Spanish Universities; 7 Halle Werfertage; 5 Fränkisch-Crumbach; 5 St. Pölten; 5 Huelva; 9
ETCh; 1 Plasencia; 1 Gava; 1 Gijón; 1 Spanish; 1 Leiria (Aug 8); 1 Leiria (Aug 9)
QBR
29y
97d
1986
73.95
75.31 -11
6x second at main Finnish Championships // 7 EJC 2005; 9 under-23 ECH 2007; 7 WSG 2011/2013; 12 ECH 2014 (2010/2012-dnq); 10 ETCh 2015. 2 Finnish
2010-2015. 1.80/107kg
In 2015: 1 Lappeenranta; 1 Lahti; 10 ETCh; 8 Turku; 3 Kaustinen; 1 Pori; 1 Mänttä-Vilppula; 2 Finnish; 2 Kuortane; 2 Helsinki
485
SÖDERBERG David FIN
36y
10d
1979
76.03
3x Finnish Champion // dnq WCH 2003/2007/2009; 3 WSG 2003 (2005-4); dnq OLY 2004/2012; 8 ECH 2014 (2006/2010/2012-dnq). 1 Finnish
2013/2014/2015. 1.85/96kg
In 2015: 1 Finnish; 1 Kuortane; 1 Helsinki
78.83 -03
514
DRY Mark GBR
27y
314d
1987
76.93
76.93 -15
2014 Commonwealth bronze, Scottish record holder // dnq ECH 2012; 10 ETCh 2013; 3 COM 2014 (2010-6). 1 English under-23 2010. 1 Scottish
2009/2010/2012/2013. Both he and his parents are qualified pilots, he flew fo the first time on his 16th birthday. Coach-Tore Gustafsson (formerly Chris Black).
1.83/113kg
In 2015: 12 European Throws Cup; 2 Veszprém; 1 British League Premiership/May 9; 1 Loughborough ‘International’; 2 Fränkisch-Crumbach; 1 Bedford
Games; 4 Huelva; 2 UK; 2 Loughborough ‘LEAP’; 1 British Athletics Throws ‘Fest’; 6 Karlstad; 1 British League Premiership/Aug 8
22y 112d 1993
77.55
77.55 -15 NR
2014 Commonwealth Games silver. New British record holder // dnq WJC 2012; 9 under-23 ECH 2013; 4 ETCh 2014; 2 COM 2014. 1 English junior 2010; 1
English Schools 2011; 1 English under-23 2013; 2 NCAA 2014; 2 NCAA indoor Weight Throw 2014; 1 UK 2014. Studying Criminology at Oklahoma State
University with plans to join the Police. His parents Debra Brewer and Lenny Miller were both athletes. Coach-John Baumann. 1.88/120kg
He was GB under-18 Champion at Karate. His hobbies: motorbikes (“I have a small collection”) and fishing
In 2015: 7 NCAA indoor Weight; 1 Stanford Invitational; nm Marion IN; 1 Stanford Jordan; 2 Halle Werfertage; 2 Loughborough ‘International’; 2 ETCh; 1 UK; 1
under-23 ECH; 2 Karlstad (77.55 to break by one centimetre the British record which had stood for 31 years to Martin Girvan); 2 Szczecin
535
MILLER Nick GBR
587
HUDI Ákos HUN
QBR
24y
11d
1991
74.53
76.93 -13
2 EJC 2009; 2 WJC 2010 (2008-7); 2 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-8); dnq WCH 2013; dnq ECH 2014
In 2015: 3 Hungarian winter; 14 European Throws Cup; 4 Veszprém; 3 Szombathely; 9 Halle Werfertage; 2 Budapest; 4 St. Pölten; 2 Balaton Champs; 4
Budapest Schulek; 2 Szombathely (Jun 17); 1 Szombathely (Jul 1); 8 Székesfehérvár; 1 Nikíti; 1 Szombathely (Jul 22); 1 Croat; 1 Tapolca; 3 Hungarian
589
PARS Krisztián HUN
33y
184d
1982
79.91
82.69 -14
Reigning Olympic & European Champion // 1 World Youth 99; 1 EJC 2001; 1 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 ECH 2012/2014 (2006-5, 2010-3); 2 WCH 2011/2013
(2005-6, 2007-5, 2009-4); 1 OLY 2012 (2004-5, 2008-4); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Hungarian 2005-2015. Coaches-Zsolt Németh & László Németh.
1.88/104kg
For two years he was the potential Beijing Olympic silver medallist after the initial disqualification of the Belarusian pair Devyatovski & Tikhon, but they were reinstated in places above Pars by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in June 2010
In 2015: 1 Potchefstroom; 1 Hungarian winter; 1 European Throws Cup; 1 Szombathely; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike; 2 Rabat; 1 ETCh 2nd League; 2 Turku; 2
Wroclaw; 2 Székesfehérvár; 2 Cetniewo; 1 Hungarian (11th time)
590
PÁSZTOR Bence HUN
QBR
20y
197d
1995
75.74
75.74 -15
Big medals every year for five years // 1 World Youth 2011; 2 WJC 2012/2014; 2 EJC 2013; 3 under-23 ECH 2015
In 2015: 1 Potchefstroom (Jan 29); 2 Potchefstroom (Feb 2); 2 Hungarian winter; 1 European Throws Cup under-23; 3 Veszprém; 1 Szombathely (May 3); 2
Szombathely (May 9); 1 Halle Werfertage under-23; 1 Budapest; 3 St. Pölten; 1 Balaton Champs; 2 Budapest Schulek; 1 Szombathely; 1 Hungarian under-23;
3 under-23 ECH; 8 Karlstad; 2 Tapolca; 2 Hungarian
613
LINGUA Marco ITA
37y
78d
1978
78.29
79.97 -08
7 EJC 97; 10 ECH 2006 (2012-dnq); dnq OLY 2008; 5 ETCh 2015. 1 Italian 2008. 1.79/94kg
In 2015: 1 Italian winter; 1 Busto Arsizio; 1 Vila Nova Cerveira; 1 Turin; 1 Castiglione della Pescaia; 1 Budapest Schulek; 5 ETCh; 1 Boissano; 1 Kortrijk; 1
Loughborough ‘LEAP’; 3 Karlstad; 3 Italian
720
SOKOLOVS Igors LAT
41y
4d
1974
76.18
80.14 -09 NR
Latvian record holder & 13x Champion // dnq WCH 2007/2009/2013; dnq ECH 2010/2012; dnq OLY 2012. 1 Latvian 2001-2008/2010/2012/2013/2014/2015.
Coach-Janis Kolidzejs. 1.87/107kg
In 2015: 1 Riga; 1 Riga City; 3 ETCh 1st League; 1 Napoli; 1 Valmiera; 1 Latvian (13th time)
22y 286d 1992
78.72
78.72 -15 NR
Twice Balkan Champion. Moldovan record holder // dnq World Youth 2009; dnq WJC 2010; 2 EJC 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 1 Balkan 2013/2014; 9 ECH 2014; 4
WSG 2015. His older sisters Zalina and Marina are also international hammer throwers, though each have served two-year doping bans (but are back here in
Beijing). Student of Law at the University of European Political and Economic Studies in Chisinau. 1.95/93kg
In 2015: 1 Moldovan winter; 3 European Throws Cup; 4 Halle Werfertage; 1 Moldovan; 1 St. Pölten; 9 Prague Odložil; 1 Huelva; 9 Rabat; 2 ETCh 3rd League; 4
WSG; 10 Zhukovskiy; 2 Balkan; 1 Pitesti
745
MARGHIEV Serghei MDA
795
FAJDEK Paweł POL
804
NOWICKI Wojciech POL
26y
78d 1989
83.93
83.93 -15 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION // 4 WJC 2008; 2 ETCh 2011; 1 under-23 ECH 2011 (2009-8); 1 WSG 2011/2013; 11 WCH 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 1
ETCh 2013 (2011-2, 2014-2); 1 WCH 2013 (2011-11); 1 Francophone Games 2013; 2 ECH 2014; 3 IAAF Continental Cup 2014; 1 WSG 2015. 1 Polish
2012/2014. Coach-Czesław Cybulski. Student of PE at Warsaw’s Academy of Sport Education. 1.86/120kg
In 2015: 2 European Throws Cup; 1 Buenos Aires (3x); 1 Halle Werfertage; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Biala Podlaska; 1 Rabat; 1 ETCh; 1 Turku; 1 Wroclaw; 1
Székesfehérvár; 1 WSG; 1 Polish; 1 Cetniewo; 1 Szczecin (83.93, puts him #10 on world all-time list)
26y
180d
1989
78.71
78.71 -15
5 under-23 ECH 2011; 5 WSG 2013. 2 Polish 2013/2014/2015. 1.90/90kg
In 2015: 1 Bialystok; 1 Kielce; 7 Ostrava Golden Spike; 2 Biala Podlaska; 5 Rabat; 1 Bialystok; 5 Turku; 3 Wroclaw; 5 Székesfehérvár; 2 Polish; 3 Cetniewo; 4
Szczecin
20y 182d 1995
78.04
78.04 -15 NR
Full name-Mohamed Ashraf Amjad Al-Saifi
Twice World Junior Champion
1 Asian junior 2012/2014; 1 WJC 2012/2014; 10 Asian Champs 2013 (2015-2); dnq WCH 2013; 3 Francophone Games 2013; fouled out Asian Games 2014.
Holds world youth best (85.26) & world junior record (85.57), each with lighter implements
In 2015: 1 Doha; 1 Qatif; 2 Arab; 1 Doha Emir Cup; 2 Asian Champs; 7 Turku; 1 Rhede
827
AL-SAIFI Ashraf Amjad QAT
872
LITVINOV Sergey RUS
914
LOMNICKÝ Marcel SVK
29y 206d 1986
77.09
80.98 -12 NR
His father and coach Sergey Litvinov was World Champion in 1983 & 1987, then Olympic Champion in 1988
9 WJC 2004 (for Belarus); 9 EJC 2005 (for Belarus); 11 under-23 ECH 2007 (for Belarus); 5 WCH 2009 (for Germany); dnq WCH 2011 (for Russia); 3 WSG
2013; 1 ETCh 2014 (2013-4); 3 ECH 2014. 1 German 2009 & Russian 2013/2015. 1.85/92kg
He has variously had citizenship of Russia, Belarus and Germany and competed for Belarus to 2008 (“Serhei”), then Germany in 2009 (“Sergej”). In 2010 he
abruptly withdrew from the German squad at the European Team Championships and declared his wish to compete for Russia and from January 1, 2011 was
cleared by the IAAF to do so
In 2015: 1 Adler; 8 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Russian Teams; 6 Rabat; 4 ETCh; 6 Turku; 3 Székesfehérvár; 3 Zhukovskiy (Jul 18); 3 Zhukovskiy (Jul 24); 1
Russian; 5 Szczecin
28y
46d
1987
77.63
79.16 -14
2011 World Student Games silver. 2009 US Collegiate Champion representing Virginia Tech
8 WJC 2005; 3 WJC 2006 (2004-dnq); 3 under-23 ECH 2007 (2009-6); 2 WSG 2011/2013; dnq OLY 2012; 8 WCH 2013 (2011-dnq); 7 ECH 2014 (2010-dnq,
2012-11). 1 NCAA 2009 (2010-3, 2011-2) & 2012 indoors. 1 Slovak 2012/2013/2014/2015. His younger sister Nikola Lomnická is also a hammer thrower (1
NCAA 2010). 1.77/104kg
In 2015: 1 Veszprém; 1 Trnava; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike; 4 Prague Odložil; 7 Rabat; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 9 Turku; 2 Zhukovskiy; 4 Karlstad; 1 Slovak; 3
Szczecin
931
NAZAROV Dilshod TJK
33y
107d
1982
79.36
80.71 -13
Three Asian Games Champion. Twice Asian Champion // 5 WJC 2000 (98-dnq); 1 Asian Junior 2001; 1 Central Asian 2003; 2 Afro-Asian Games 2003; 1 Asian
Games 2006/2010/2014 (2002-9); 9 OLY 2008 (2004-dnq, 2012-10); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 2010 (2014-4); 1 Asian Champs 2013/2015 (2002-4, 2003/2007
-2); 5 WCH 2013 (2005/2007-dnq, 2009-11, 2011-10). He is President of the Athletics Federation of the Republic of Tajikistan and was Tajikistan’s flag bearer
at the 2008 Olympics. 1.87/120kg
In 2015: 6 Halle Werfertage; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Asian Champs; 1 Prague Odložil; 3 Rabat; 3 Turku; 4 Székesfehérvár; 1 Zhukovskiy; 1 Karlstad
33y 230d 1982
76.82
81.45 -05 NR
2004 Olympic bronze // 1 WJC 2000; 3 EJC 2001; 2 under-23 ECH 2003; 3 OLY 2004 (2008/2012-dnq); 1 Mediterranean Games 2005; 2 WSG 2005; dnq ECH
2006; 11 WCH 2007 (2005/2009/2011-dnq). 1 Turkish 2001-2003/2008-2013 Former coach- Konstantin Astapkovich (younger brother of 3x World silver
medallist Igor). Served two-year doping ban 2013-2015. 1.86/100kg
In 2015: Doping ban ended on June 25; 1 Balkan
955
APAK Eşref TUR
987
VINOGRADOV Yevgen UKR
31y
112d
1984
79.25
80.58 -08
5x Ukrainian Champion // dnq World Youth 2001; 7 EJC 2003; 6 under-23 ECH 2005; dnq WCH 2007/2013; dnq OLY 2008; dnq ECH 2014; 3 ETCh 2015
(2013-9, 2014-7). 1 Ukrainian 2007/2008/2013/2014/2015. Two-year doping suspension in 2009-2011. 1.95/100kg
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian winter; 9 European Throws Cup; 1 Ukrainian Cup (May 22); 1 Ukrainian Teams; 3 ETCh; 1 Ukrainian Cup (Jul 3); 1 Ukrainian
1031
JOHNSON Kibwe USA
34y
35d
1981
76.95
80.31 -11
Twice Pan-American Games Champion. 4x US Champion, also world class at Discus Throw
DT pb: 65.11 -05. dnq WCH 2007; 1 Pan-Am Games 2011/2015 (2007-2); 9 OLY 2012; 8 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 NCAA Division 2 2007 (representing
Ashland University, Ohio); 1 US 2011/2012/2014/2015. His wife Crystal Smith was 11th in the 2010 Commonwealth Games Hammer for Canada. 1.88/107kg
In 2015: 4 US indoor Weight; nm Ashland; 1 Tucson (May 21); 2 Tucson (May 23); 1 US; 1 Edmonton Classic; 1 Pan-Am Games
1036
KRUGER AG USA
36y
184d
1979
76.87
79.26 -04
(Alfred George). 5x US Champion, 10x US Indoor Champion // DT pb: 56.01 -01. dnq OLY 2004/2012; dnq WCH 2005/2007/2013; 4 WCP 2006; 4 Pan-Am
Games 2007; dnq WCH 2009. 1 US indoor Weight Throw 2003/2005/2006/2007/2009/2010/2012/2013/2014/2015 (2004/2011-2). 1 US
2006/2007/2008/2009/2013. Coach-Jud Logan. 1.93/256kg
He is Alfred George Kruger III. His son, born August 2011, is called Alfred George Kruger IV
In 2015: 1 US indoor Weight; 1 Raleigh Relays; 1 Tennessee Relays; 1 Ashland; 1 Columbus; 1 Allendale; 2 Tucson (May 21); 1 Tucson (May 23); 3 US
1044
McCULLOUGH Conor USA
24y
202d
1991
76.91
77.20 -14
Former World Junior Champion, who competed temporarily for Ireland. 2015 US Collegiate Champion, representing the University of Southern California
DT pb: 51.34 -13 (50.12 -15). 4 World Youth 2007; 1 WJC 2010 (2008-2); 6 under-23 ECH 2013 (for Ireland); 3 Pan-Am Games 2015. 4 US Olympic Trial 2012;
1 NCAA 2015; 2 US 2015. His father Conor McCullough senior threw the hammer for Ireland at the 1984 & 1988 Olympics
Born-California, he holds dual citizenship with the Ireland and was cleared to represent that country by the IAAF from July 25, 2010, but then switched back to
the USA on July 12, 2014, a year after having competed for Ireland at the 2013 European under-23 Championships. 2.03/102kg
In 2015: 2 NCAA indoor Weight; 1 La Jolla (4 DT); 1 Mt SAC Relays; 1 UCLA v USC; 1 Westwood; 1 NCAA; 2 US; 2 Edmonton Classic; 3 Pan-Am Games
1074
KHODYAYEV Sukhrob UZB
22y
92d
1993
78.22
78.22 -15
World Youth & World junior medallist // 2 World Youth 2009; 3 WJC 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 5 Asian Games 2014; 4 Asian Champs 2015 (2011-10)
In 2015: 1 Uzbek winter; 1 Uzbek Cup; 4 Asian Champs; 1 Kazakh; 1 Almaty
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....86.74.......Yuriy Sedykh RUS..................... 1986
2.....86.04.......Sergey Litvinov RUS.................. 1986
3.....84.90.......Vadim Devyatovskiy BLR........... 2005
4.....84.86.......Koji Murofushi JPN.....................2003
5.....84.62.......Igor Astapkovich BLR.................1992
6.....84.51.......Igor Tikhon BLR......................... 2008
7.....84.48.......Igor Nikulin RUS.........................1990
8.....84.40.......Jüri Tamm EST.......................... 1984
9.....84.19.......Adrián Annus HUN..................... 2003
10...83.93.......Paweł Fajdek POL..................... 2015
1.....83.93.......Paweł Fajdek POL
2.....79.91.......Krisztián Pars HUN
3.....79.36.......Dilshod Nazarov TJK
4.....79.25.......Yevhen Vynohradov UKR
5.....78.72.......Serghei Marghiev MDA
6.....78.71.......Wojciech Nowicki POL
7.....78.52.......Dzmitry Marshyn AZE
8.....78.29.......Marco Lingua ITA
9.....78.22.......Sukhrob Khodyayev UZB
10...78.04.......Ashraf Amjad Al-Saifi QAT
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2015 Best
Personal Best
21y 347d 1993
82.90
82.90 -15 NR
2010 Youth Olympic Champion // 3 World Youth 2009; 1 Youth Olympic Games 2010; 3 Pan-Am Games 2011 (2015-4); 2 WJC 2012; dnq OLY 2012; 1 South
American 2014. He holds the world youth best (89.34 with a 700g implement in 2010). 1.85/92g
In 2015: 1 Buenos Aires (Mar 25); 1 Buenos Aires (Mar 29); 1 Argentinian Cup; 2 South American; 4 Pan-Am Games; 5 Kuortane
170
TOLEDO Braian ARG
179
PEACOCK Hamish AUS
24y
310d
1990
83.31
83.31 -15
2014 Commonwealth Games bronze. 10x Tasmanian Champion // 2 World Youth 2007; 5 WJC 2005; dnq WCH 2013; 3 COM 2014. 2 Australian
2012/2013/2014. 1 Tasmanian 2006-2015. His younger brother is international hammer thrower Huw Peacock. Their coach/father-Evan Peacock. 1.85/96kg
In 2015: 1 Hobart (3x); 2 Newcastle; 1 Perth; 2 Waitakere; 1 Queensland State; 2 Sydney Classic; 1 Tasmanian; 2 Australian; 4 Kawasaki; 7 Doha Diamond; 8
Birmingham Diamond; 1 Huelva; 3 New York Diamond; 3 Székesfehérvár; 8 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Liège; 8 Monaco Diamond
19y
97d 1996
83.67
83.67 -15 NR
Full name-Júlio César de Oliveira
Former World Youth Champion. In 2009 he became the first Brazilian to throw a javelin more than 80m
1 World Youth 2003 (12 DT); 1 Pan-Am junior 2003/2005; 3 WJC 2004 (2002-dnq); 1 South American junior 2005; 1 Ibero-American 2006 (2012-8, 2014-2); 1
South American 2015 (2007/2009-3, 2011-5, 2013-4); 3 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Brazilian 2004/2007/2009/2011/2014/2015. 1.85/97kg
In 2015: 1 Jundiaí; 1 São Bernardo (Mar 15); 1 Asunción; 2 Buenos Aires (Mar 25); 3 Buenos Aires (Mar 29); 1 São Bernardo do Campo (Apr 19); 1 Río de
Janeiro; 1 São Paulo State; 1 Brazilian; 1 São Bernardo do Campo (May 31); 1 South American; 1 São Bernardo do Campo (Jul 11); 3 Pan-Am Games
269
de OLIVEIRA Julio César BRA
354
ZHAO Qinggang CHN
30y
28d
1985
-
89.15 -14 NR
Unexpected Asian record 89.15 to win at 2014 Asian Games, but no marks reported for him so far in 2015
2 Chinese National Games 2009; 2 East Asian Games 2009; dnq WCH 2013; 1 Asian Games 2014. 1 Chinese 2012/2013/2014. 1 Chinese National Games
2013. Advised by Uwe Hohn. From-Liaoning Province. 1.84/75kg
389
FRYDRYCH Petr CZE
27y
220d
1988
85.52
88.23 -10
2009 European under-23 silver // 11 World Youth 2005; dnq WJC 2006; 9 EJC 2007; 2 under-23 ECH 2009; 10 WCH 2009; 10 ECH 2010 (2012/2014-dnq); 4
ETCh 2011 (2009-6, 2014-8); dnq OLY 2012; 7 WSG 2013. 1 Czech junior 2007 & under-23 2009. Coach-Jan Železný. 1.98/99kg
In 2015: 1 Klatovy; 1 Beijing Challenge; 8 Ostrava Golden Spike; 11 Rome Diamond; 4 Rabat; 2 ETCh 1st League; 3 Czech; 11 Lausanne Diamond
399
VADLEJCH Jakub CZE
24y
315d
1990
86.21
86.21 -15
12 World Youth 2007; 10 WJC 2008; 8 EJC 2009; dnq ECH 2010/2014; dnq OLY 2012.1 Czech 2014/2015. 1.88/83kg
In 2015: 1 Sasolburg; 1 Kolín; 1 Kawasaki; 4 Halle Werfertage; 5 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 European Clubs Cup; 4 Birmingham Diamond; 3 Rabat; 1 Czech; 1
Székesfehérvár; 5 Lausanne Diamond; 3 Monaco Diamond; 1 Karlstad
400
VESELÝ Vítězslav CZE
32y
175d
1983
88.18
88.34 -12
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION // 9 WJC 2002; 1 ECH 2012 (2010-9, 2014-2); 4 OLY 2012 (2008-11); 1 WCH 2013 (2009-dnq, 2011-4); 2 IAAF
Continental Cup 2014. 1 Czech 2008/2010/2011/2012. Coach-Jan Železný (since autumn 2006). Personal best 88.34 in qualifying at the London Olympics, but
only 83.34 in final for fourth place - he says his problem was nerves, meaning that he had trouble sleeping in the two days between qualifying and final. Did
classical piano training from age 7 to 15, but the gave up because “it was too much work”. 1.86/92kg
In 2015: 3 Doha Diamond; 6 Ostrava Golden Spike; 1 Rome Diamond; 2 Birmingham Diamond; 1 New York Diamond; 2 Lausanne Diamond; 2 Monaco
Diamond; 1 Joensuu
26y 112d 1989
85.50
89.21 -14 NR
Full name-Ihab Abdel Rahman El Sayed
New African record holder // 3 African junior 2007; 2 WJC 2008; 1 Francophone Games 2009; 1 African Champs 2010 (2012-5); 6 IAAF Continental Cup 2010;
dnq OLY 2012; 2 Mediterranean Games 2013; 12 WSG 2013; 7 WCH 2013; 2 African Champs 2014; 1 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1.94/100kg (size 14 feet)
He is based in Finland (Kuortane) for four months every year, where his coach is Coach-Petteri Piironen (same as Julius Yego KEN). In Egypt he is a student of
PE at Helwan University in Greater Cairo
In 2015: 1 Cairo; 1 Arab; 4 Doha Diamond; 4 Ostrava Golden Spike; 6 Rome Diamond; 7 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Rabat; 2 Turku; 9 Lausanne Diamond
415
ABDELRAHMAN Ihab EGY
450
KIRT Magnus EST
25y
133d
1990
82.22
82.22 -15
2015 Estonian Champion // dnq EJC 2009; dnq under-23 ECH 2009; dnq ECH 2014; 8 WSG 2015. 1 Estonian 2015
In 2015: 1 Tallinn (May 16); 5 Rehlingen; 5 Riga; 1 Tallinn (Jun 3); 2 Tartu; 5 Lahti; 1 Pudasjärvi; 3 Sopot; 8 WSG; 1 Tallinn (Jul 15); 2 Viljandi; 2 Valmiera; 1
Estonian
453
LAANMÄE Tanel EST
25y
326d
1989
83.11
83.11 -15
2015 World Student Games Champion // 7 EJC 2007; 9 WJC 2008 (2006-dnq); dnq WCH 2009; 8 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq ECH 2012/2014; 1 WSG 2015. 1
Estonian 2009/2014. 1.83/82kg
In 2015: 1 Tartu; 1 ETCh 1st League; 1 WSG; 1 Viljandi; 1 Valmiera; 3 Estonian
455
MÄTAS Risto EST
31y
112d
1984
82.06
83.48 -13
12 EJC 2003; 4 WSG 2011 (2007-6); dnq OLY 2012; 8 WCH 2013; 6 ECH 2014 (2006-dnq, 2012-10). 1 Estonian 2007/2012/2013. Coach-Thomas Merila.
1.89/92kg
In 2015: 8 European Throws Cup; 1 Tallinn; 6 Beijing Challenge; 6 Dessau; 3 Tartu; 1 Tallinn (Jun 13); 1 Estonian Clubs; 3 Pudasjärvi; 2 Székesfehérvár; 2
Tallinn (Jul 15); 3 Viljandi; 5 Valmiera; 2 Estonian
481
MANNIO Ari FIN
28y
29d
1987
86.82
86.82 -15
2012 European bronze, Finland’s only medal in Helsinki that year // 3 EJC 2005; 2 WJC 2006 (2004-6); 1 under-23 ECH 2009 (2007-4); 3 ETCh 2010; dnq
WCH 2011; 3 ECH 2012; 11 OLY 2012. 1 Finnish 2011. 1.85/104kg
In 2015: 3 Lappeenranta; 1 Raasepori; 2 New York Diamond; 5 Turku; 1 Pihtipudas; 6 Lausanne Diamond; 7 Monaco Diamond; 5 Finnish; 4 Kuortane
482
PITKÄMÄKI Tero FIN
32y
245d
1982
89.09
91.53 -05
2007 World Champion & 2008 Olympic bronze // dnq WJC 2000; 6 EJC 2001; 3 under-23 ECH 2003; 1 ECP 2006; 2 ECH 2006 (2010-3, 2012-11, 2014-3); 1
WCH 2007 (2005-4, 2009-5, 2013-2); 3 OLY 2008 (2004-8, 2012-5). 1 Finnish 2004/2005/2006/2007/2010/2013. Ex-cross country skier. Coach-Hannu Kangas.
Partner-Niina Kelo, their son Jimi born June 9, 2014. 1.95/92kg
Lists his main hobby as main hobby as “playing the stock market”
In 2015: 1 Doha Diamond; 3 Ostrava Golden Spike; 4 Rome Diamond; 5 Birmingham Diamond; 1 Lahti; 1 ETCh; 1 Turku; 3 Lausanne Diamond; 1 Monaco
Diamond; 2 Finnish; 3 Kuortane
483
RUUSKANEN Antti FIN
31y
181d
1984
88.98
88.98 -15
2014 European Champion. 2012 Olympic bronze, one of only three medals won by Finland in London 2012 (the other two were in Sailing)
3 EJC 2003; 2 under-23 ECH 2005; 5 WCH 2009/2013 (2011-9); 3 OLY 2012; 1 ECH 2014; 8 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 Finnish 2012/2014. In Kuortane
2008 became the first Finn to defeat Tero Pitkämäki in four years. Coach-Aki Parviainen (1 WCH 99). 1.90/85kg
In 2015: 2 Doha Diamond; 1 Dessau; 1 Lappeenranta; 9 Birmingham Diamond; 2 Lahti; 4 Turku; 2 Joensuu; 1 Finnish; 2 Kuortane
552
HAMANN Lars GER
26y
139d
1989
82.89
84.20 -13
23y
248d
1991
83.27
86.13 -14
3 European Police 2010; dnq WCH 2013. 1 German under-23 2010. 1.84/83kg
In 2015: 2 Halle Werfertage; 3 Beijing Challenge; 1 Munich; 3 German
556
HOFMANN Andreas GER
Unexpected winner at European Team Championships in 2014, where he improved from 83.63 to 86.13
1 EJC 2009; 1 ETCh 2014; 9 ECH 2014. Back/shoulder surgery in 2010, then on his elbow in 2012 when they strengthened his arm with a piece of his thigh
tendon
In 2015: 4 Baden-Württemberg indoor; 7 Dessau; 5 Rabat; 1 Schönebeck; 4 German
565
RÖHLER Thomas GER
23y
325d
1991
89.27
89.27 -15
4x German Champion // 9 WJC 2010; 7 under-23 ECH 2011; 2 ETCh 2013; 3 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq WCH 2013; 12 ECH 2014 (2012-dnq). 1 German
2012/2013/2014/2015. They call him the "Regenwerfer" (rain thrower) because he has a habit of throwing well in the wet. 1.91/88kg
His father (Heiko) was once GDR champion in the activity of fishing rod casting. Coach-Boris Obergföll (3 WCH 1995/2003)
In 2015: 2 European Throws Cup; 5 Doha Diamond; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike; 4 Dessau; 2 Jena; 5 Rome Diamond; 6 Birmingham Diamond; 4 New York
Diamond; 6 Turku; 7 Lausanne Diamond; 5 Monaco Diamond; 1 German; 1 Kuortane (pb 89.27 to defeat the best Finns in Finland)
571
VETTER Johannes GER
22y
148d
1993
85.40
85.40 -15
12 EJC 2011; 2 ETCh 2015; 4 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 German under-23 2015
In 2015: 1 Offenburg; 1 Stellenbosch; 1 Halle Werfertage; 2 Rehlingen; 2 Dessau; 1 Jena; 1 German under-23; 2 ETCh; 4 under-23 ECH; 1 Lucerne; 2 German
646
ARAI Ryohei JPN
24y
59d
1991
84.13
86.83 -14
Second on the Japanese all-time list after Kazuhiro Mizoguchi’s 87.60 from 1989
8 WSG 2013; 2 Asian Games 2014. 1 Japanese 2014. He was inspired to take up javelin throwing after wating Tero Pitkamäki FIN win the 2007 world title in
Osaka. 1.83/92kg
In 2015: 1 Japanese (set a Championship record 84.13 with his final throw). Hampered with injuries to his back and left side so far in 2015, hence just one
comp
26y 229d 1989
91.39
91.39 -15 NR
Full name-Julius Kiplangat Yego
Commonwealth Games & African Championships double within 12 days in 2014
1 African Champs 2012/2014 & Games 2011; 12 OLY 2012 (the first from his country to reach an Olympic field event final); 4 WCH 2013; 1 COM 2014; 4 IAAF
Continental Cup 2014. 1 Kenyan 2008/2010/2011/2012. Benefited from an IAAF scholarship to Finland in 2012. 1.79/95kg
In 2015: 6 Doha Diamond; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike (Kenyan record 86.88); 2 Rome Diamond (Kenyan record 87.71); 1 Birmingham Diamond (African record
91.39, though initially ruled to be out of the sector); 2 Rabat; 4 Lausanne Diamond; 6 Monaco Diamond; 1 Kenyan World Championship Trial
706
YEGO Julius KEN
718
ŠTROBINDERS Rolands LAT
23y
128d
1992
83.37
83.37 -15
1982
82.75
86.31 -12
4 EJC 2011; 4 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq ECH 2014. 1 Latvian 2013
In 2015: 1 Alfaz del Pi; 2 Kawasaki; 1 Karksi-Nuia; 1 Riga; 10 Rome Diamond; 7 Rabat; 3 ETCh 1st League
779
FARQUHAR Stuart NZL
33y
159d
2010 Commonwealth silver. 12x New Zealand Champion // dnq WJC 98/2000; 6 WCP 2006; 2 WSG 2009; 5 IAAF Continental Cup 2010; 2 COM 2010 (2006-7,
2014-5); 9 OLY 2012 (2004/2008-dnq); 9 WCH 2013 (2007/2009-dnq, 2011-11). 1 New Zealand 2003/2005-2015; 1 French 2004; 1 Spanish 2004; 1 Australian
2006. 1.86/98kg
In 2015: 1 Wanganui; 2 Hobart; 1 Hamilton; 1 Waitakere; 1 New Zealand; 3 Sydney Classic; 6 Kawasaki; 4 Beijing Challenge; 1 Hamilton; 1 Chiba Juntendo
796
KRUKOWSKI Marcin POL
23y
67d
1992
85.20
85.20 -15
2011 European junior silver // 4 World Youth 2009; dnq WJC 2010; 2 EJC 2011; 9 under-23 ECH 2013; dnq WCH 2013. 1 Polish 2015
In 2015: 1 Bialystok; 1 Warsaw; 5 Halle Werfertage; 1 Postomino; 3 Riga; 4 Gdansk; 6 New York Diamond; 1 Bialystok; 1 Katowice; 1 Polish; 1 Warsaw; 1
Cetniewo
859
VAN ROOYEN Rocco RSA
22y
240d
1992
85.39
85.39 -15
Former African Junior Champion // 6 WJC 2010; 6 COM 2014. 1 African junior 2011; 6 African Champs 2014. 1 South African 2015
In 2015: 1 South African; 1 Potchefstroom Open; 1 Cape Town; 7 Rome Diamond; 9 New York Diamond; 2 Sopot; 10 Székesfehérvár; 4 Orimattila
868
IORDAN Valeriy RUS
23y
188d
1992
83.00
83.56 -13
2012 European silver, but then controversially not selected for London Olympics
9 World Youth 2009; 5 EJC 2011; 2 ECH 2012 (2014-7); 11 WSG 2013; dnq WCH 2013. 1 Russian 2014. Student of Russian State Social University in
Dedovsk, but he also writes and records his own songs (mostly rap). 1.88/91kg
In 2015: 1 Russian under-23 winter; 1 European Throws Cup; 5 Beijing Challenge; 1 Russian Teams; 9 Rabat; 3 ETCh; 1 Russian Cup; 2 Russian
886
TARABIN Dmitriy RUS
23y
296d
1991
84.70
88.84 -13
2010 World junior bronze. 2011 European under-23 bronze // dnq World Youth 2007 (for Moldova); 3 WJC 2010 (for Russia); 3 under-23 ECH 2011; 10 WCH
2011; 1 ETCh 2013 (2014-2); 1 WSG 2013; 3 WCH 2013; 5 ECH 2014. 1 Russian 2013/2015. Ex-Moldova, he gained Russian citizenship on June 9, 2010. On
October 12, 2013 he married 2011 World Champion Mariya Abakumova, their twin daughters Kira and Milana born on June 17, 2014. 1.82/94kg
In 2015: 1 Adler; 9 Doha Diamond; 2 Beijing Challenge; 3 Dessau; 6 European Clubs Cup; 1 Russian
916
ŽENÚCH
Patrik SVK
24y
234d
1990
82.51
84.83 -14
25y
21d
1990
82.40
84.61 -13
dnq ECH 2014. 1 Slovak 2013
In 2015: 6 European Throws Cup; 1 Kosice; 1 Bratislava; 1 Nitra; 1 ETCh 3rd League; 3 Liège
918
AMB Kim SWE
dnq WJC 2008; 4 under-23 ECH 2011; dnq OLY 2012; 10 WCH 2013; 5 ETCh 2014 (2012-7); dnq ECH 2014. 1 Swedish 2012/2015. He works as an
accountant. Coach/father-Björn Amb. 1.80/85kg
In 2015: 10 Doha Diamond; 2 Karlstad; 1 Västerås; 1 Swedish
936
23y 171d 1992
81.48
82.11 -13 NR
2015 Asian Champion. Former World Youth Champion. Taiwanese record holder
1 World Youth 2009; 3 Asian junior 2010; dnq WJC 2010; 9 Asian Games 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015; 2 WSG 2015 (2013-13). Former footballer
In 2015: 1 Kaohsiung; 1 Taipei (Mar 13); 1 Taipei (Mar 17); 1 Singaporean International Champs; 1 Hiroshima; 1 Taiwanese Universities; 5 Kawasaki; 1 Taipei
(May 16); 1 Asian Champs; 1 Bangkok; 1 Pathumthani; 2 Chanthaburi; 2 WSG
HUANG Shih-Feng TPE
22y 141d 1993
90.16
90.16 -15 NR
(Keshorn is pronounced “Kee - shorn”)
In London 2012 at age 19 became the youngest-ever Olympic Champion in a throwing event
dnq World Youth 2009; 1 Central American & Caribbean junior 2010/2012; 1 WJC 2012 (2010-dnq); 1 OLY 2012; dnq WCH 2013; 2 COM 2014; 3 IAAF
Continental Cup 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. His older brother Elton was Pan-Am Junior Champion at triple jump in 2011. Cuban coach-Ishmael LopezMastrapha. He discovered his talent for javelin throwing in March 2009 when he joined in with his cousins who were throwing on the same field where he was
playing cricket. 1.83/95kg
There was a national holiday in Trinidad the day he returned home as Olympic Champion (on August 13, 2012); he was given an award of a million Trinidad
dollars ($200,000) and a house in Trinidad valued at US $400,000; a lighthouse, a school, and a plane in the fleet of Caribbean Airlines were all renamed in his
honour
In 2015: 8 Doha Diamond; 7 Ostrava Golden Spike; 3 Rome Diamond (TTO record 86.20); 3 Birmingham Diamond (TTO record 86.43); 1 Trinidadian; 1
Lausanne Diamond (TTO record 90.16); 4 Monaco Diamond; 1 Pan-Am Games (83.27 amid injury rumours – “It's the javelin life. This year I got an ankle injury
again, the same ankle from 2013 but different place.”)
950
WALCOTT Keshorn TTO
1008
CROUSER Sam USA
23y
233d
1991
83.33
83.33 -15
81.16
83.50 -13
Twice US Collegiate Champion, representing University of Oregon. From a family of throwers
2 Pan-American junior 2009; 2 US Olympic Trial 2012, but did not have qualfiying standard; 1 NCAA 2014/2015. 2.01/119kg
Father-Dean Crouser (1 NCAA SP 1982 & DT 1982/83)
Uncle-Brian Crouser (1 NCAA JT 1982/85, dnq OLY JT 1988/92)
Sister-Haley Crouser (4 World Youth JT 2011)
Cousin-Ryan Crouser (1 World Youth SP 2009)
In 2015: 1 Los Angeles; 2 Eugene Pepsi; 3 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Eugene Twilight; 1 Westwood; 1 NCAA; 3 US; 1 Portland
1010
DOLEZAL Riley USA
29y
278d
1985
Shock winner of the 2013 US title when he progressed from 74.22 to 83.50
dnq WCH 2013; 2 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 US 2013 (2014/2015-2). Serious elbow injury in 2009 which curtailed his collegiate career with North Dakota State
University. Coach-Justin St. Clair. 1.88/102kg
In 2015: 1 Stanford Invitational; 1 Mt SAC Relays; 2 Drake Relays; 2 Tucson; 1 Burnaby; 5 New York Diamond; 2 US; 1 Naperville; 2 Pan-Am Games
1016
FUREY Sean USA
32y
355d
1982
83.08
83.08 -15
3x US Champion // 12 WCH 2009; 4 Pan-Am Games 2011 (2015-5); dnq OLY 2012. 1 US 2010/2014/2015. Placed fourth at the 2012 US Olympic Trials, but
selected for games because Sam Crouser – who finished second – did not have the ‘A’ standard. Coach-Todd Reich. 1.88/88kg
In 2015: 1 Tucson; 2 Burnaby; 1 US; 2 Naperville; 5 Pan-Am Games; 4 East Stroudsburg
1019
GLOVER Tim USA
25y
222d
1990
84.09
84.09 -15
Twice US Collegiate Champion, representing Illinois State University
5 IAAF Continental Cup 2014. 1 NCAA 2011/2012 (2013-2); 3 US 2014
In 2015: 1 Tennessee Relays; 1 Drake Relays; 8 Kawasaki; 7 New York Diamond; 4 US; 3 Naperville
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....98.48.......Jan Zelezny CZE........................1996
2.....93.09.......Aki Parviainen FIN..................... 1999
3.....92.61.......Sergey Makarov RUS................ 2002
4.....92.60.......Raymond Hecht GER.................1995
5.....91.69.......Kostas Gatsioudis GRE............. 2000
6.....91.59.......Andreas Thorkildsen NOR......... 2005
7.....91.53.......Tero Pitkämäki FIN.................... 2005
8.....91.46.......Steve Backley GBR....................1992
9.....91.39.......Julius Yego KEN........................ 2015
10...91.29.......Breaux Greer USA..................... 2007
1.....91.39.......Julius Yego KEN
2.....90.16.......Keshorn Walcott TTO
3.....89.27.......Thomas Röhler GER
4.....89.09.......Tero Pitkämäki FIN
5.....88.98.......Antti Ruuskanen FIN
6.....88.18.......Vítězslav Veselý CZE
7.....86.82.......Ari Mannio FIN
8.....86.21.......Jakub Vadlejch CZE
9.....85.52.......Petr Frydrych CZE
10...85.50.......Ihab Abdelrahman EGY
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QBR
National Record
Qualified by ranking
Starts: Friday, August 28
Age
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
27y 102d 1988
8311 -14 NR
African record holder ... ran a 4:12.15 1500m in the 2009 World Championship Decathlon
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.61w/10.67; LJ: 7.94w/7.69; SP: 14.00i/13.59; HJ: 2.10; 400: 46.69; 110H: 14.00; DT: 40.34 ; PV: 5.00; JT: 65.53; 1500: 4:12.15
3 African Games 2007 (2011-dnf); 1 African Champs 2008/2014; 7 IAAF Continental Cup PV 2010 (8 LJ); 10 WCH 2011 (2009-12); 1 African Games PV 2011.
Served two-year doping ban in 2012-2014, then set an Algerian record within two months of his return. 1.87/84kg
In 2015: 1 Algerian JT (2 100H/PV)
155
BOURAADA Larbi ALG
227
PITTOMVILS Niels BEL
QBR
23y
33d
1992
8049
8049 -15
One of the few decathletes who’ve had a personal best of exactly 8000 points (he did in 2014, then scored 7999 in Götzis 2015 before improving to 8049 at the
French Championships)
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 11.15; LJ: 7.35; SP: 14.30; HJ: 2.04; 400: 48.94; 110H: 14.54; DT: 46.06; PV: 5.30; JT: 61.88; 1500: 4:29.04
11 EJC 2011; 7 under-23 ECH 2013; 14 ECH 2014; dnq EIC 2015. 1 Belgian indoor PV 2013. 1 French 2015. Coach-Fernando Oliva. 1.96/91kg
In 2015: dnf EIC; 12 Götzis; dnf Ratingen; 1 French
228
VAN DER PLAETSEN Thomas BEL
24y
240d
1990
7952
8255 -13
Twice World Student Games Champion. 2014 World indoor bronze // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 11.04; LJ: 7.80; SP: 14.12; HJ: 2.17; 400: 48.64; 110H: 14.45; DT: 44.48; PV: 5.40; JT: 65.31; 1500: 4:32.52
1 EJC 2009; 6 EIC 2011; 1 under-23 ECH 2011; =13 WCH 2011 (2013-15); 1 WSG 2013/2015; 3 WIC 2014; 10 ECH 2014. 1 Belgian 2010 & PV 2011/2013.
Missed 2012 battling testicular cancer
In 2015: 5 Namur HJ; 4 Geneva LJ; 4 Leiden PV; nm Leiden SP; 4 Nivelles 110H ‘C’; 1 WSG; 3 Belgian PV; 2 Ninove LJ; 2 Leuven 110H ‘B’
265
de ARAÚJO Luiz Alberto BRA
27y
328d
1987
8179
8276 -12
Twice South American Champion // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.66; LJ: 7.56w/7.44; SP: 15.64; HJ: 2.00; 400: 48.25; 110H: 13.94; DT: 47.41; PV: 5.00; JT: 56.36; 1500: 4:27.75
6 WJC 2006; 1 Ibero-American 2010/2012; 1 South American 2011/2015; 16 WCH 2011; 19 OLY 2012; 1 South American Games 2014; 3 Pan-Am Games
2015 (2011-dnf). 1 Brazilian 2006/2011/2012/2015. Coach-Edemar Alves dos Santos. 1.88/88kg
In 2015: 1 São Paulo; 1 Brazilian; 1 South American; 3 Pan-Am Games
271
dos SANTOS Felipe BRA
QBR
21y
22d
1994
8019
8019 -15
Full name-Felipe Vinícius dos Santos
Fourth at 2015 Pan-American Games where he broke 8K for the first time
pbs in Decathlon events
100: 10.37; LJ: 7.55; SP: 14.22; HJ: 2.03; 400: 47.73; 110H: 13.74; DT: 43.24; PV: 4.75; JT: 57.98; 1500: 4:39.82
3 World Youth Octathlon 2011; 11 WJC 2012; 1 Pan-Am junior 2013; 1 Ibero-American 2014; 4 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1.81/81kg
In 2015: 2 Campinas; 2 Brazilian; 3 Arona; 4 Pan-Am Games
25y 290d 1989
8659
8659 -15 NR
2015 Pan-American Games Champion. 2014 Commonwealth gold. 2013 World bronze
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.28; LJ: 7.68w/7.63; SP: 14.42; HJ: 2.09; 400: 47.04; 110H: 13.27; DT: 47.56; PV: 4.80; JT: 64.67; 1500: 4:24.73
2 North/Central American & Caribbean 2011; 5 OLY 2012; 3 WCH 2013 (2011-18); 7 WIC 2014; 1 COM 2014; 1 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 Canadian
2011/2012/2013. Coaches-Vickie Croley & Gar Leyshon. 1.85/82kg
In 2015: 1 Canadian indoor LJ; 1 London ON 100 (2 PV); 14 Götzis (7893 points; he fouled out in the shot put, but went on to set substantial pbs in the 400m &
DT; this was a world best score for a completed decathlon with only nine scoring events); 1 Canadian 110H (pb down from 13.50 to 13.27!); 1 Pan-Am Games
(8659 to break the Canadian record of 8626 which had stood to Michael Smith since 1996. Including a world Decathlon 110H best of 13.44, replacing Frank
Busemann’s 13.47 from 1996)
319
WARNER Damian CAN
377
GARCÍA Yordanis CUB
26y
272d
1988
8186
8496 -09
Twice eighth in World Championships // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.50; LJ: 7.36; SP: 16.50; HJ: 2.10; 400: 48.17; 110H: 13.89; DT: 47.70; PV: 4.90; JT: 69.37; 1500: 4:31.40
1 World Youth Octathlon 2005; 2 WJC 2006; 2 Pan-Am Games 2007 (2011-3, 2015-5); 8 WCH 2007/2009 (2011-dnf); 7 WIC 2012; 14 OLY 2012 (2008-15); 1
Pan-Am Cup 2013/2014/2015; 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 2014. 1.88/80kg
In 2015: 9 Götzis; 1 Pan-Am Cup; 5 Pan-Am Games
390
HELCELET Adam CZE
23y
298d
1991
8148
8252 -13
He has taken over from Roman Šebrle as Czech #1 // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.81; LJ: 7.60i/7.50w/7.48; SP: 15.29; HJ: 2.07; 400: 48.66; 110H: 14.18; DT: 46.50; PV: 5.00; JT: 65.32; 1500: 4:37.93
8 EJC 2009; dnf WJC 2010; 5 WIC 2012; 8 ECH 2012 (2014-11); 4 EIC 2013 (2015-5); 3 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-4). 1 Czech 2011 & indoor 2013/2015.
Coach-Josef Karas (formerly Tomáš Dvořák). 1.87/86kg
According to the Czech team handbook he started walking at age six months
In 2015: 1 Czech indoor (3 LJ); 5 EIC; 5 Kladno JT; 9 Czech JT; 1 Hexham (did pbs in SP & DT); 4 Pardubice SP
442
TONNESEN Pau ESP
22y
300d
1992
8247
8247 -15
Full name-Pau Gaspar Tonnesen
Second at 2015 US Collegiate Championships
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 11.11w/11.26; LJ: 7.49; SP: 15.17; HJ: 2.15i/2.13; 400: 50.68; 110H: 14.87; DT: 46.48; PV: 5.30; JT: 57.77; 1500: 4:41.77
2 NCAA 2015. Born-Tempe (Arizona). Father-America, mother-Spanish, he has dual nationality. They named him Pau so that he could easily change it to Paul
if he wanted an English name (but he says he won’t). Coach-Sheldon Blockburger. 1.96/89kg
In 2015: 1 Los Angeles (7823); 3 Westwood PV; 9 Tucson DT; 2 NCAA (8247); 2 ECP 1st League (7841)
444
UREÑA Jorge ESP
QBR
21y
317d
1993
7983
2015 European under-23 silver medallist // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.86; LJ: 7.58i/7.47; SP: 13.89i/13.70; HJ: 2.05; 400: 42.96; 110H: 14.07; DT: 36.93; PV: 4.80i/4.70; JT: 64.02; 1500: 4:25.77
20 WJC 2012; 2 Ibero-American 2014; 7 EIC 2015; 2 under-23 ECH 2015. 1 Spanish 2015 & indoor 2014/2015. 1.78/72kg
In 2015: 1 Spanish under-23 indoor LJ (2 60H); 1 Spanish indoor; 7 EIC; 2 Arona; 1 Alcorcón LJ; 2 under-23 ECH; 1 Spanish
7983 -15
456
ÕIGLANE
Janek EST
QBR
21y
118d
1994
7945
7945 -15
8356
8356 -15
2013 European under-23 bronze. Excellent at Javelin but then he did start off in that event
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 11.32; LJ: 7.28; SP: 15.11; HJ: 2.04; 400: 51.13; 110H: 14.50; DT: 40.70; PV: 4.73; JT: 71.11; 1500: 4:35.33
11 World Youth JT 2011; 4 EJC 2013; 15 ECP 2014; 3 under-23 ECH 2015
In 2015: 1 Estonian under-23 indoor; 1 EST v FIN v FIN; 3 under-23 ECH; 9 Valmiera JT
457
UIBO Maicel EST
22y
236d
1992
Twice US Collegiate Champion // pbs In Decathlon events:
100: 10.99; LJ: 7.82; SP: 14.46i/14.43; HJ: 2.18; 400: 50.60; 110H: 14.67w/14.78; DT: 49.14; PV: 5.20; JT: 62.25; 1500: 4:28.12
dq World Youth HJ 2009. 1 NCAA 2014 (where he needed to beat the leader Johannes Hock by seven seconds in the 1500m) /2015; 2 NCAA indoor 2015.
Student of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of Georgia. 1.88 tall
In 2015: dnf NCAA indoor; 1 Starkville Southeastern Conference; 1 NCAA
488
AUZEIL Bastien FRA
25y
303d
1989
8147
8147 -15
Twice French Indoor Champion. Second at 2015 World Student Games // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 11.02; LJ: 7.40w/7.34; SP: 15.90; HJ: 2.04; 400: 49.18; 110H: 14.29; DT: 46.93; PV: 5.20i/5.10; JT: 64.41; 1500: 4:45.15
13 under-23 ECH 2011; 1 Francophone Games 2013; 7 ECP 2014; 6 EIC 2015; 2 WSG 2015. 1 French indoor 2011/2014. His mother Nadine SchoellkopfAuzeil was 5x French Champion at Javelin Throw. 195/89kg
In 2015: 5 French Universities indoor PV; 2 French indoor; 6 EIC; 1 Nice; 4 Tourcoing 110H; 10 Götzis; 7 Grenoble LJ; 1 Roanne 110H (2 PV); 2 WSG; 5
Tomblaine (9 LJ)
508
MAYER Kevin FRA
23y
192d
1992
8469
8521 -14
2014 European silver. Fourth at 2013 World Championships. Former World Youth & World Junior Champion
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 11.04; LJ: 7.65; SP: 15.41; HJ: 2.10i/2.09; 400: 48.66; 110H: 14.21; DT: 47.60; PV: 5.35; JT: 66.09; 1500: 4:18.04
1 World Youth 2009; 1 WJC 2010; 1 EJC 2011; dnf ECH 2012; 15 OLY 2012; 2 EIC 2013; 1 ECP 2013; 4 WCH 2013. Coach-Bertand Valdin. 1.86/77kg
In 2015: 1 Montélimar PV/JT; 1 Arona; 8 Montreuil SP; 5 French PV (also competed in some of the individual Decathlon events)
544
FREIMUTH Rico GER
27y
159d
1988
8380
8488 -13
He was sixth at the London Olympics, his father was eighth at the Seoul Olympics
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.36w/10.40; LJ: 7.55; SP: 15.62; HJ: 1.99; 400: 47.51; 110H: 13.63; DT: 50.37; PV: 4.90; JT: 65.04; 1500: 4:34.69
3 EJC 2007; 10 under-23 ECH 2009; dnf WCH 2011 after fouling in LJ; 6 OLY 2012; 7 WCH 2013’ 7 ECH 2014. Father-Uwe Freimuth (8 OLY Decathlon 1988)
was GDR record holder with 8792 in 1984, but never faced Daley Thompson at that year’s Olympics because of the Eastern European boycott. Uncle (twin of
Uwe)-Jorg Freimuth (3 OLY HJ 1980). 1.95/90kg
In 2015: 2 Halle SP/DT Apr 18); 1 Bernburg 110H/DT (3 LJ); Contested a four-event challenge in Neuwied; 4 Götzis; dnf Ratingen; dnf Filderstadt 1500 (nm
DT)
560
KAZMIREK Kai GER
24y
205d
1991
8462
8471 -14
2013 European under-23 Champion. 2015 winner at Götzis // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.61w/10.75; LJ: 7.68; SP: 14.34; HJ: 2.15; 400: 46.75; 110H: 14.05; DT: 44.77; PV: 5.20; JT: 64.45; 1500: 4:33.78
3 EJC 2009; 6 WJC 2010; 1 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-6); 6 WIC 2014; 6 ECH 2014. 1 German 2012 (1 indoor 2014). Coach-Jorg Roos. 1.90/85kg
In 2015: Contested a four-event challenge in Neuwied; 1 Götzis; dnf Ratingen; 4 German LJ; Contested selected individual events during the Decathlon at
Filderstadt
568
SCHRADER Michael GER
28y
51d
1987
8419
8670 -13
2013 World Championship silver // pbs In Decathlon events:
100: 10.52; LJ: 8.05; SP: 14.88; HJ: 1.99; 400: 47.66; 110H: 14.02; DT: 47.19; PV: 5.10; JT: 65.67; 1500: 4:19.32
dnf WJC 2006; 6 under-23 ECH 2007; 10 OLY 2008; 2 WCH 2013. 1 German 2010. Won Götzis 2009 but injured before the Berlin World Championships that
year. Coach-Torsten Voss (1 WCH 87). 1.83/83kg
In 2015: 1 Halle SP (5 DT); 1 Bernburg LJ (2 110H/DT); 2 Halle SP/DT (3 110H); Contested a four-event challenge in Neuwied; 2 Götzis (8415); 1 Ratingen
(8419, four points more than Götzis); 8 German LJ; Contested selected individual events during the Decathlon at Filderstadt
579
FELIX Kurt GRN
27y
47d
1988
8254
8254 -15 NR
2014 Commonwealth Games bronze. 2015 Pan-American Games silver // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.90w/10.91 LJ: 7.74; SP: 15.23; HJ: 2.17i/2.15; 400: 48.63; 110H: 14.77; DT: 45.76; PV: 4.60; JT: 69.89; 1500: 4:35.61
5 Central American & Caribbean Games 2010; dnf OLY 2012; dnf WCH 2013; 3 COM 2014 (2010-11); 2 Pan-Am Games 2015. 1 NCAA 2012. Graduate of
Psychology from Boise State University. His younger half-brother Lindon Victor is also an international Decathlete
In 2015: 1 Tucson; 1 West Lafayette LJ; dnf Pan-Am Cup (nh in PV); 2 Pan-Am Games (windy 8269, legal 8254 and including a substantial SP pb of 15.23)
667
NAKAMURA Akihiko JPN
24y
302d
1990
8043
8043 -15
2015 Asian Champion // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.52w/10.66; LJ: 7.66; SP: 12.44; 400: 47.17; 110H: 13.90w/14.06; DT: 36.27; PV: 4.90; JT: 54.77; 1500: 4:08.24
400H pb: 49.38 -12 (50.50 -14). dq ht OLY 400H 2012 (illegal hurdle clearance); 2 Asian Indoor Champs 2014; 3 Asian Games 2014; 1 Asian Champs 2015
(2011/2013-2). 2 Japanese 400H 2012/2014 & Decathlon 2013-2015. 1.81/74kg
In 2015: 1 Wakayama; 4 Fukuroi 400H; 4 Taipei LJ (ht 100); 1 Asian Champs; 2 Japanese
673
USHIRO Keisuke JPN
29y
28d
1986
8058
8308 -14 NR
J2014 Asian Games Champion. apanese record holder, in 2011 he became the first from his country to score more than 8000 points
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 11.10w/11.14; LJ: 7.45; SP: 15.65; HJ: 2.06; 400: 49.66; 110H: 14.90; DT: 50.17; PV: 5.00; JT: 73.82; 1500: 4:26.68
2 Asian Indoor Champs 2012; 20 WCH 2011 (2013-22); 1 Asian Games 2014 (2010-4). 1 Japanese 2010/2011/2013/2014/2015. 1 New Zealand 2014.
1.96/88kg
In 2015: 2 Wakayama; 13 Götzis; 1 Japanese; 1 Hakodate DT
760
BRAUN Pieter NED
22y
212d
1993
8195
8195 -15
2015 European under-23 Champion // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.97; LJ: 7.53; SP: 14.19; HJ: 2.03; 400: 48.02; 110H: 14.13; DT: 42.80; PV: 5.00; JT: 60.48; 1500: 4:28.18
16 WJC 2012; 11 under-23 ECH 2013; 16 ECP 2014; 12 EIC 2015
In 2015: 12 EIC; 2 Lisse 110H ‘B’; 2 Hoorn 110H ‘B’; 8 Götzis; 2 Hilversum PV; 1 under-23 ECH; 5 Dutch PV (ht 110H)
770
28y 136d 1987
8298
8506 -12 NR
Twice fifth at World Championships // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.62; LJ: 7.76w/7.65; SP: 14.67; HJ: 2.08i/2.02; 400: 47.88; 110H: 13.89w/13.92; DT: 43.38; PV: 5.52i/5.45; JT: 63.59; 1500: 4:22.29
14 EJC 2005 (nh in PV); 6 WJC 2006; 1 under-23 ECH 2009; 2 ECH 2010 (2014-4); 5 WCH 2011/2013; 11 OLY 2012; 1 EIC 2013 (2009-dnf, 2011-4, 2015-3);
4 WIC 2014; 1 ECP 2014. Coaching team includes Wim Vandeven (husband of 2008 Olympic High Jump Champion Tia Hellebaut). 1.86/78kg
In 2015: 1 Dutch indoor; 3 EIC; 1 Montpellier; 2 Lisse 110H; 8 Hengelo 110H; 7 Götzis; 2 Hilversum; 3ht Dutch 200
SINTNICOLAAS Eelco NED
812
WIESIOŁEK Paweł POL
24y
8d
1991
8140
8140 -15
Twice Polish Indoor Champion // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.97; LJ: 7.63i/7.61; SP: 14.55; HJ: 2.10; 400: 49.23; 110H: 14.49; DT: 46.22; PV: 4.84i/4.80; JT: 61.36; 1500: 4:35.39
10 under-23 ECH 2013; 13 ECP 2014 (2011-22); dnf EIC 2015. 1 Polish 2012; 1 Polish indoor 2013/2015
In 2015: 1 Polish indoor; dnf EIC; 1 Florence; 11 Götzis; 1 Polish; 3 ECP 1st League; Took part in a four-event challenge in Warsaw
838
COERTZEN Willem RSA
32y
234d
1982
8398
8343 -13 NR
African record holder. Ninth at London 2012 & Moscow 2013 // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.74w/10.88; LJ: 7.64w/7.58; SP: 14.50; HJ: 2.08; 400: 48.32; 110H: 14.11w/14.13; DT: 44.84; PV: 4.63; JT: 69.40; 1500: 4:23.75
2 African Champs 2008 (2014-dnf); 14 WCH 2009 (2011-dnf); 9 OLY 2012; 9 WCH 2013; dnf COM 2014. 1 South African 2008/2011/2012/2014. 1.87/82kg
He says the Pole Vault is his Achilles heel
In 2015: 3 Götzis (African record 8398); 2 Ratingen (8341)
882
SHKURENYOV Ilya RUS
24y
222d
1991
8378
8498 -14
European bronzes in 2012 & 2014, then indoor gold in 2015 // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.91; LJ: 7.55; SP: 14.84i/14.24; HJ: 2.11i/2.10; 400: 48.39; 110H: 14.02; DT: 46.04; PV: 5.40; JT: 63.58; 1500: 4:28.69
2 WJC 2010; 4 WIC 2012; 3 ECH 2012/2014; 16 OLY 2012; 2 under-23 ECH 2013 (2011-5); 8 WCH 2013; 1 EIC 2015 (2013-5); 1 ECP 2015. 1.91/82kg
In 2015: 1 EIC; 5 Götzis; 1 ECP
978
KASYANOV Oleksiy UKR
29y
360d
1985
8105
8479 -09
2012 European silver. Twice seventh at Olympics // pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.50; LJ: 8.04i/7.97; SP: 15.72; HJ: 2.08i/2.05; 400: 47.46; 110H: 13.95; DT: 51.95; PV: 4.82; JT: 55.84; 1500: 4:22.27
4 under-23 ECH 2007; 4 WSG 2007; 7 OLY 2008/2012; 2 EIC 2009; 3 ECP 2009; 4 WCH 2009 (2011-12, 2013-dnf); 2 WIC 2012 (2010-6, 2014-5); 2 ECH
2012 (2010-dnf, 2014-8). Dropped to fourth in 2009 Worlds after holding second place for eight events (his javelin let him down, only 49.00 there). His wife is
2013 World Heptathlon Champion Hanna Melnychenko-Kasyanova. 1.91/82kg
In 2015: 3 Ukrainian indoor 60H; dnf Kladno; 2 ECP; 4 Ukrainian 200/DT
994
BEACH Curtis USA
25y
30d
1990
8081
8081 -15
Good speed and great endurance, his 3:59.13 1500m at the end of the 2011 NCAAs is the second-fastest ever in a significant Decathlon after the 3:58.7 by
Robert Baker USA in 1980
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.52; LJ: 7.84; SP: 12.89; HJ: 2.11; 400: 46.72; 110H: 14.42; DT: 39.44; PV: 5.10; JT: 48.42; 1500: 3:59.13
800 pb: 1:47.75 -12. 4 World Youth Octathlon 2007; 1 Pan-Am junior 2009. 1 NCAA indoor 2012/2014. Won 2012 NCAA Indoor Heptathlon by gaining 21
seconds in the final event, the 1000m (2:23.63). He started running as a six year-old chasing horses on the ranch in which he lived. Coach-Shawn Wilbourn
(8268 in 1997). 1.83/75kg
In 2015: 1 Tempe 110H ‘C’; 2 Mt SAC Relays; 1 Durham NC 400H ‘B’; 1 Chula Vista; 11 US (disqualified in 400 for running out of his lane); dnf Filderstadt
27y 212d 1988
9039 -12 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
Olympic Champion, World Champion & world record holder indoors & out
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.19w/10.21; LJ: 8.23; SP: 15.40; HJ: 2.11; 400: 45.55 110H: 13.34w/13.35; DT: 47.36; PV: 5.40; JT: 66.64; 1500: 4:14.48
400H pb: 48.69 -14. 1 WIC 2012/2014; 1 OLY 2012; 1 WCH 2013 (2009-18, 2011-2). 1 US 2011/2012/2013 & indoor LJ 2012. In 2010 broke Dan O’Brien’s
world indoor heptathlon record which has stood since 1993, then broke it again in 2011 & 2012. Studied Psychology at the University of Oregon. Wife-Brianne
Theisen CAN was 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion at Heptathlon. They live in Eugene, Oregon. Coach-Harry Marra. 1.85/86kg
In 2014: Did not contest a Decathlon, preferring to experiment with 400m Hurdles
In 2015: 3 New York Millrose 60H/LJ indoor ; Partial Decathlon at Santa Barbara in April; 7 Drake Relays 110H (12 PV); 2 Eugene Twilight 100/400; 3 Hengelo
LJ (7 100); Withdrew from Götzis with a back injury; 14 US LJ; 1 Edmonton Classic 110H (13.38) / HJ; 1 Chula Vista HJ (5 HJ); 2 Atlanta 400 (pb 45.55); 1
Portland PV (pb 5.40)
1013
EATON Ashton USA
1020
HARDEE Trey USA
31y
195d
1984
8725
8790 -09
Twice World Champion. He retained his title in 2011 despite tearing an elbow ligament in his throwing (right) arm during the javelin
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.28w/10.39; LJ: 7.88; SP: 15.94i/15.72; HJ: 2.06i/2.05; 400: 47.51; 110H: 13.54; DT: 52.68; PV: 5.35; JT: 68.99; 1500: 4:40.94
dnf OLY 2008 (no-heighted in pole vault when lying in fourth place); 1 WCH 2009/2011; 2 WIC 2010; 2 OLY 2012. 1 NCAA 2005 (2004-2). 1 US 2009. Was at
the University of Texas. Coach-Mario Sategna. 1.96/95kg
His full name is James Edward Hardee III. Because of the three his familiar name became ”Trey“, which in America is slang for a playing card with the rank of
three
In 2015: 8 Texas Relays 100 ‘B’ (=10 PV ‘B’); 4 Austin 200 ‘C’ (nm JT); 1 US; 1 Chula Vista SP (2 DT, 3 LJ); nh Portland PV (same competition where Ashton
Eaton did his pb 5.40); 2 Chiba Juntendo 200
1061
TAIWO Jeremy USA
25y
218d
1990
8303
8303 -15
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.84; LJ: 7.57; SP: 14.93; HJ: 2.25i/2.17; 400: 47.83; 110H: 14.16w/14.22; DT: 44.27; PV: 5.00; JT: 53.71; 1500: 4:16.34
dnf WCH 2013. 2 US 2012 (2013-3); 2 NCAA 2013; 1 US indoor 2015. Missed 2012 with hip and elbow surgeries. Graduate from the University of Washington,
Seattle. Father-Joseph Taiwo was a 17.22 triple jumper who was sixth at the 1987 World Championships for Nigeria and was an Olympic finalist in 1984 &
1988. 1.96 tall
In 2015: 1 US indoor; 6 Götzis; 2 US; 3 Chula Vista DT (4 PV)
1073
ZIEMEK Zach USA
22y
179d
1993
8107
pbs in Decathlon events:
100: 10.57; LJ: 7.73; SP: 14.77; HJ: 2.10; 400: 50.13; 110H: 14.78; DT: 48.32; PV: 5.45; JT: 56.98; 1500: 4:56.92
5 NCAA indoor 2013/2014 & outdoor 2014; 3 US 2015 (2014-4). Student of Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin. 1.92/77kg
In 2015: 1 Drake Relays; 3 US
8107 -15
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....9039........Ashton Eaton USA..................... 2012
2.....9026........Roman Šebrle CZE.................... 2001
3.....8994........Tomáš Dvořák CZE....................1999
4.....8891........Dan O’Brien USA....................... 1992
5.....8847........Daley Thompson GBR............... 1984
=6...8832........Jürgen Hingsen FRG................. 1984
.......8832........Bryan Clay USA......................... 2008
8.....8815........Erki Nool EST.............................2001
9.....8792........Uwe Freimith GDR..................... 1984
10...8790........Trey Hardee USA....................... 2009
1.....8725........Trey Hardee USA
2.....8659........Damian Warner CAN
3.....8469........Kevin Mayer FRA
4.....8462........Kai Kazmirek GER
5.....8419........Michael Schrader GER
6.....8398........Willem Coertzen RSA
7.....8380........Rico Freimuth GER
8.....8378........Ilya Shkurenyov RUS
9.....8356........Maicel Uibo EST
10...8303........Jeremy Taiwo USA
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World Athletics Championships • Biographical Entry Lists
Men’s 20 Kilometres Walk
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Entrants
NR
QBR
National Record
Qualified by ranking
Starts: Sunday, August 23
Age
(Days)
Born
2015 Best
Personal Best
27y 252d 1987
1:23:30
1:22:10 -12 NR
Argentinian record holder at 20K // 20,000 pb: 1:23:09.0 -11. At WCP 10K: 2006-9J, 20K: 2008-65, 2012-67; 3 South American 20,000 2007 (2009/2011-6.
2013-5); 2 Ibero-American 20,000 2008; 34 WCH 20K 2011 (2009-40, 2013-46); 22 OLY 20K 2012 (2008-40); 2 South American 20K 2015 (2008-7); 8 Pan-Am
Games 20K 2015 (2007/2011-9)
In 2015: 10 Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 12 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 13 Pan-American Cup 20K; 2 South American 20K; 8 Pan-Am Games 20K
10
CANO Juan Manuel ARG
11
BIRD-SMITH Dane AUS
23y
36d
1992
1:20:05
1:20:05 -15
Eleventh at 2013 World Championships. New World Student Games Champion
8 World Youth 10,000 2009; dq WCP junior 10K 2010; 5 WJC 10,000 2010; 11 WCH 20K 2013; 14 WCP 20K 2014 (2012-43); 1 WSG 20K 2015. 1 Australian
20K 2013 & 10,000 2014/2015. Coach/father David Smith himself competed in six IAAF World Race Walking Cups
In 2015: 1 Canberra 5000; 1 Queensland State 5000; 1 Australian 10,000; 5 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 5 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 1 Brisbane 3000;
1 WSG 20K
12
ERICKSON Chris AUS
33y
263d
1981
1:22:08
1:22:08 -15
2006 Commonwealth 50K bronze // 50K pb: 3:49:33 -14. At WCP 20K: 2008-30, 2012-20. 50K: 2004-31, 2006-26, 2010-15. dq OLY 50K 2008; 8 COM 20K
2010; 16 WCH 50K 2013 (2007-24). 1 Australian 50K 2004 & 20K 2010. Father/coach Tim Erickson was third in the 1978 Commonwealth Games 30K walk
In 2015: 2 Canberra 5000; 3 Oceanian 20K; 1 Victoria State 5000; 10 Nomi 20K; 10 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 1 Melbourne 10K
13
TALLENT Jared AUS
30y
307d
1984
1:24:05
1:19:15 -10
Twice Olympic silver & twice World Championship bronze at 50K // 50K pb: 3:36:53 -11. 7 World Youth 10,000 2001; 19 WJC 10,000 2002; 2 OLY 50K 2008 (3
20K); 1 COM 20K 2010 (2006-3); 3 WCH 50K 2011/2013 (2005-18, 2007-dq, 2009-6); 25 WCH 20K 2011; 2 OLY 50K 2012 (7 20K). At WCP 20K: 2004-75,
2006-14, 2008-10; 50K: 2010-3, 2012-2. 1 Australian 50K 2007/2009 & 20K 2008/2009/2011. Wife/coach-Claire Tallent (née Woods) is also an international
race walker, as his his younger sister Rachel Tallent
The man who beat him in London 2012 (Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS) has been suspended by Russia for doping offences before and after the Olympic Games
In 2015: 3 Canberra 5000; 1 Oceanian 20K; dnf Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 18 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K
14
LIAKHOVICH Aliaksandr BLR
26y
48d
1989
1:21:49
1:21:49 -15
1987
1:21:11
1:20:42 -12
16 WCP junior 10,000 2008; 18 WJC 10,000 2008; 11 under-23 ECH 20K 2011; 64 WCP 20K 2012
In 2015: 1 Belarusian Universities 10,000; 1 Belarusian Universities 5000; 9 Russian 20K; 1 Belarusian 20K
15
SIMANOVICH Denis BLR
28y
123d
Silver at 2009 European under-23 Championships // dq World Youth 10,000 2003; 6 EJC 10,000 2005; 5 ECP junior 10K 2005; 4 WJC 10,000 2006; 33 WCP
20K 2008 (2012-44); 2 under-23 ECH 20K 2009 (2007-dq); 22 WCH 20K 2009 (2013-48); 12 OLY 20K 2012 (2008-28); 13 ECH 20K 2014 (2010-dq); 4 ECP
20K 2014
In 2015: 3 Belarusian indoor 10,000; 1 Belarusian Cup 20K; 4 ECP 20K; dnf Alytus 20K
21y 209d 1994
1:23:35
1:23:35 -15 NR
Bolivian record holder at 20K, broken 2x so far in 2015 // 11 World Youth 10,000 2011; 10 WJC 10,000 2012; 5 Pan-Am junior 10,000 2013; 3 South American
20K 2014; 68 WCP 20K 2014
In 2015: 1 Bolivian 20K; 7 Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 8 Pan-American Cup 20K
16
RODRÍGUEZ Marco Antonio BOL
17
BONFIM Caio BRA
24y
155d
1991
1:21:04
1:20:28 -14
Full name-Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim
2015 Pan-Am Games bronze medallist
12 World Youth 10,000 2007; dq WCP junior 10K 2008/2010; 6 WJC 10,000 2008; 1 Americas Cup junior 10K 2009; 2 Pan-Am junior 10,000 2009; 20 WCH
20K 2011 (2013-dq); 8 WSG 20K 2011; 1 South American 20,000 2012/2013; 39 OLY 20K 2012; 16 WCP 20K 2014 (2012-17); 3 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015
(2011-dq)
In 2015: 1 Brazilian Cup 20K; 3 Lugano 20K; 4 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 4 Podébrady 20K; 3 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; dnf IAAF Challenge/Taicang
20K; 2 Pan-American Cup 20K; 1 Brazilian 20K; 8 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 3 Pan-Am Games 20K
24y 327d 1990
1:21:54
1:20:13 -14 NR
2015 Pan-American Games Champion at 20K // 50K pb: 3:58:34 -14. 23 World Youth 10,000 2007; 10 WJC 10,000 2008; 6 COM 20K 2010; 14 WSG 20K 2011
(2013-21); 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 36 WCH 50K 2013; 2 Francophone Games 20K 2013; 11 WCP 20K 2014 (2010/2012-dnf); 1
Pan-Am Games 20K 2015. 1 Canadian 20K 2011/2014 & 10,000 2015. Coach-Gerry Dragomir
In 2015: 1 Canadian indoor 5000; 4 Pan-American Cup 20K; 23 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 1 Canadian 10,000; 1 Pan-Am Games 20K
20
DUNFEE Evan CAN
21
GOMEZ Iñaki CAN
27y
217d
1988
1:23:08
1:20:18 -14
Eighth at 2013 World Championships 20K // 5 WSG 20K 2011 (2009-20); 5 COM 20K 2010; 13 OLY 20K 2013; 5 WSG 20K 2013; 8 WCH 20K 2013; 12 WCP
20K 2014 (2012-13); 2 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015. 1 Canadian 20K 2009. Born-Mexico. Coach-Gerry Dragomir
In 2015: 2 Canadian indoor 5000; 7 Pan-American Cup 20K; 25 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 2 Canadian 10,000; 2 Pan-Am Games 20K
22
THORNE Benjamin CAN
22y
155d
1993
1:21:33
1:20:19 -14
84 WCP 20K 2012; dq WJC 10,000 2012; 20 WCH 20K 2013; 4 Francophone Games 20K 2013; 2 WSG 20K 2015 (2013--16)
In 2015: 11 Nomi 20K; 10 Pan-American Cup 20K; 32 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 2 WSG 20K
29y 188d 1986
1:24:24
1:23:10 -10 NR
Chilean record holder at 20K
His twin brother Eduard is also an international walker and holds the Chilean 50K record (4:02:03 -12)
20,000 pb: 1:20:47.2 -11. 9 World Youth 10,000 2003; 28 WJC 10,000 2004; 8 Ibero-American 20,000 2008; 2 South American 20,000 2009; 10 WCP 20K
2010 (2012-79); dq Pan-American Games 20K 2011/2015; 41 OLY 2012; 22 WCH 20K 2013 (2009-29, 2011-31); dq WCP 20K 2014; dq South American 20K
2015
In 2015: 6 Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 19 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 1 Chilean 10,000; 16 Pan-American Cup 20K; dq South American 20K; dq PanAm Games 20K
23
ARAYA Yerko CHI
24
CAI Zelin CHN
24y
132d
1991
1:19:45
1:18:47 -12
Fourth at London Olympics // 2 WCP junior 10K 2010; 2 WJC 10,000 2010; 7 WSG 20K 2011; 34 WCP 20K 2012; 4 OLY 20K 2012; 26 WCH 20K 2013; 2 WCP
20K 2014; 4 Asian Games 20K 2014. 1 Chinese 20K 2011. From-Yunnan Province
In 2015: 2 Genoa 10,000; 2 Chinese World Championship Trial 20K; dnf IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 2 Turin 10,000; 3 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K
25
CHEN Ding CHN
23y
15d
1992
1:18:44
1:17:40 -12
In London 2012 became only the second Chinese man (after Liu Xiang) to win an Olympic title in athletics
2 WCP junior 10K 2008; 2 WJC 10,000 2008; 6 WCP 20K 2010 (2012-8, 204-15)); 1 OLY 20K 2012; 2 WCH 20K 2013. 1 Chinese youth 10K 2009. FromGuangdong Province
In 2015: 3 Chinese World Championship Trial 20K; 1 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 2 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K
27
WANG Kaihua CHN
21y
186d
1994
1:21:17
1:21:17 -15
6 World Youth 10,000 2011. From-Guangdong Province
In 2015: 4 Chinese World Championship Trial 20K; 2 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K
23y 362d 1991
1:18:00
1:17:36 -12 NR
Chinese record holder. 2012 Olympic bronze at 20K // 10K pb: 37:44 -10. 50K pb: 3:53:00 -09. 4 WCH 20K 2011 (2003-dq); 1 WCP 20K 2012 (2010-21, 2014
-6); 3 OLY 20K 2012. 1 Chinese youth 10K 2008; In 2010 set a world junior record for 10K walk
Overall winner of 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge. From-Heilongjiang Province
In 2015: 1 Genoa 10,000; 1 Chinese World Championship Trial 20K; 1 Turin 10,000; 1 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K
28
WANG Zhen CHN
32
ARÉVALO Eider COL
34
MONTAÑA José COL
22y 165d 1993
1:20:41
1:19:45 -13 NR
Colombian record holder at 20K. Former World Junior Champion // 20,000 pb: 1:22:11.1 -14. 1 WCP junior 10K 2010/2012; 1 Pan-Am junior 10,000 2011; 1
South American junior 10,000 2011; 1 WJC 10,000 2012; 20 OLY 20K 2012; dnf WCH 20K 2013; 1 South American Games 20,000 2014; dq WCP 20K 2014; 5
Pan-Am Games 2015
In 2015: 1 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; dnf IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 5 Pan-Am Games 20K
23y
152d
1992
1:22:45
1:22:03 -14
Full name-José Leonardo Montaña // Track 20,000 pb: 1:22:14.1 -14. 10 WCP junior 10K 2008 (2010-dq); 22 WJC 10,000 2008 (2010-dq); 5 World Youth
10,000 2009; 32 WCP 20K 2012/2014; 17 WCH 20K 2013
In 2015: dnf Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 6 Pan-American Cup 20K; dnf South American 20K
35
PÉREZ Kenny COL
20y
275d
1994
1:22:21
1:22:21 -15
2011 World Youth silver // 2 World Youth 10,000 2011; 9 WCP junior 10K 2012; 16 WJC 10,000 2012; 3 South American under-23 20,000 2014
In 2015: 24 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 19 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K
37
ARTEAGA Mauricio ECU
27y
12d
1988
1:24:05
1:21:46 -14
20,000 pb: 1:23:19.3 -14. 8 World Youth 10,000 2005; 5 WCP junior 10K 2006; 17 WJC 10,000 2006; 1 South American Games under-23 20,000 2010; 44 OLY
20K 2012; 12 WSG 20K 2013; 35 WCH 20K 2013 (2009-44, 2011-dnf); 29 WCP 20K 2014 (2008-47, 2010-42, 2012-60); dnf Pan-Am Games 20K 2015
In 2015: 21 Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 1 Ecuadorian 20K; 9 Pan-American Cup 20K; 3 South American 20K; dnf Pan-Am Games 20K
38
CHOCHO Andrés ECU
31y
290d
1983
1:20:40
1:20:40 -15
2015 Pan-American Games Champion at 50K // 50K pb: 3:49:32 -11 (3:50:13 -15). 20,000 pb: 1:20:23.8 -11. 18 WJC 10,000 2002 (2000-24); 38 OLY 20K
2008; 1 South American 20,000 2011; 3 WSG 20K 2011(2007-14, 2009-12); 11 WCH 50K 2011 (2007/2013-dq, 2009-39); dq OLY 50K 2012; 1 Pan-Am Games
50K 2015 (2011-dq). At WCP 20K: 2002-34, 2004/2006-dq, 2008-39, 2010-32. 50K: 2012-dq, 2014-dq
In 2015: 2 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 50K; 1 Cuenca 10,000; 2 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 1 Ecuadorian; 2 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 7 IAAF
Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 1 Pan-Am Games 50K
39
AMEZCUA Luís Alberto ESP
23y
111d
1992
1:22:03
1:22:03 -15
7 World Youth 10,000 2009; 17 WCP junior 2010 (2008-31, 2012-dnf); 3 EJC 10,000 2011; 7 ECP junior 10K 2011; dnf under-23 ECH 20K 2013; 37 WCP 20K
2014; 10 ECH 20K 2014. Coach-Daniel Jacinto Garzón
In 2015: 4 Spanish 20K; 2 Spanish Universities 10,000; 22 ECP 20K; 17 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 2 Cork City junior 5000; 2 Gijón 5000; 5 Spanish
10,000
41
GARCÍA Diego ESP
19y
214d
1996
1:21:45
1:21:45 -15
New European Junior Champion at 10,000m // 3 World Youth 10,000 2013; 4 WCP junior 10K 2014; 2 WJC 10,000 2014; 1 ECP junior 10K 2015 (2013-8); 1
EJC 10,000 2015
In 2015: 1 Alcobendas 10K; 30 Russian winter 20K; 1 Spanish junior 10K; 3 Spanish 20K; 1 ECP junior 10K; 1 Alcobendas 5000; 2 Spanish Clubs 5000; 3
Plasencia 5000; 1 Spanish junior 10,000; 1 EJC 10,000; 3 Gijón 5000; 4 Spanish 10,000
43
LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel ESP
27y
48d
1988
1:19:52
1:19:21 -14
2014 EUropean Champion at 20K. Fifth in London Olympic 20K, then bronze at Moscow 2013
6 World Youth 10,000 2005; 10 EJC 10,000 2005; 2 WCP junior 10K 2006; 14 WJC 10,000 2006; 8 EJC 10,000 2007; 1 under-23 ECH 20K 2009; 5 OLY 20K
2012; 3 WCH 20K 2013 (2011-15); 5 WCP 20K 2014 (2008-35, 2010-13, 2012-42); 1 ECH 20K 2014 (2010-13); 1 ECP 20K 2015 (2009-13, 2011-6, 2013-2). 1
Spanish 10,000 2010/2013/2014/2015; 1 Spanish 20K 2012. Coach-José Antonio Carrillo
In 2015: 1 Alguazas 10K; 1 Spanish 35K; 1 Spanish 20K; 1 Spanish Universities 10,000; 1 ECP 20K; 4 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 1 Spanish 10,000
44
MARTIN Alvaro ESP
21y
64d
1994
1:20:19
1:20:19 -15
2013 European junior bronze, 2015 European under-23 silver // 8 World Youth 10,000 2011; 34 WCP junior 10K 2012; 5 WJC 10,000 12; dnf OLY 20K 2012;
dq ECP junior 10K 2013; 3 EJC 10,000 2013; 24 WCH 20K 2013; 19 WCP 20K 2014; 6 ECH 20K 2014; 34 ECP 20K 2015; 2 under-23 ECH 20K 2015. CoachJosé Antonio Quintana
In 2015: 1 Cáceres 20K; 2 Spanish 20K; 34 ECP 20K; 14 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 1 Spanish Clubs 5000; 1 Plasencia 5000; 1 Spanish under-23
10,000; 2 under-23 ECH 20K; 1 Gijón 5000; 3 Spanish 10,000
49
CAMPION Kevin FRA
27y
89d
1988
1:21:34
1:20:39 -14
2013 Francophone Games Champion at 20K // 23 WCP junior 10K 2006; 7 EJC 10,000 2007; 10 ECP 20K 2011 (2015-23); 27 ECP 20K 2013; dnf WCH 20K
2013; 1 Francophone Games 20K 2013; 24 WCP 20K 2014 (2010-29, 2012-69); 11 ECH 20K 2014
In 2015: dq French 20K; 11 Lugano 20K; 23 ECP 20K; 10 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 1 Hérouville 5000; 1 Amiens 5000; 1 French 10,000
50
BOSWORTH Tom GBR
25y
216d
1990
1:22:33
1:22:20 -14
Britain’s best male race walker in more than 20 years and within range of the UK 20K record of Ian McCombie which has stood since 1988
11 COM 20K 2010; 30 ECP 20K 2011/2013; 43 WCP 20K 2014 (2012-71); 12 ECH 20K 2014. 1 British 20K 2010/2011/2013; 1 UK 10,000 2011 & 5000
2014/2015. Coach-Andi Drake, he’s based at the UK Race Walking centre in Leeds
His first sport was trampolining. According to the English Team Handbook for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he “enjoys circus tricks coaching”
In 2015: 1 UK indoor 3000; 4 Lugano 20K; 16 ECP 20K; 2 English under-23 20,000; 1 UK 5000 (UK record 19:16.82)
51
BREMBACH Nils GER
22y
179d
1993
1:21:21
1:21:21 -15
1988
1:20:37
1:20:37 -15
7 WCP junior 10K 2012; 7 WJC 10,000 2012; 6 under-23 ECH 20K 2015 (2013-8). 1 German indoor 5000 2013
In 2015: 7 Podébrady 20K; 1 Naumburg 20K; 2 German 10,000; 6 under-23 ECH 20K
53
LINKE Christopher GER
26y
300d
Ninth at 2013 World Championships 20K // 50K pb: 3:47:33 -12. 7 ECP junior 10K 2007; 6 EJC 10,000 2007; 69 WCP 20K 2008; 4 under-23 ECH 20K 2009;
dnf ECH 50K 2010; 5 WCP 50K 2012; 23 OLY 50K 2012; 9 WCH 20K 2013 (2011-19); 5 ECH 20K 2014; 7 ECP 20K 2015. 1 German 10,000 2011/2014/2015.
Coach-Ronald Weigel (ex-world record holder for 50K)1.90 tall
In 2015: 1 Podébrady 20K; 7 ECP 20K; 1 German 10,000
54
POHLE Hagen GER
23y
168d
1992
1:21:34
1:21:29 -14
Former World Youth & European Junior Champion // 34 WCP junior 10K 2008; 1 World Youth 10,000 2009; 11 WJC 10,000 2010; 2 ECP junior 10K 2011
(2009-4); 1 EJC 10,000 2011; 72 WCP 20K 2012; 15 ECH 20K 2014; 12 ECP 20K 2015 (2013-24). 1 German junior 10,000 2010/2011
In 2015: 6 Podébrady 20K; 2 Naumburg 20K; 12 ECP 20K; 3 German 10,000
26y 336d 1988
1:22:43
1:21:19 -12 NR
Greek record holder at both walks, and both set at the London Olympics
50K pb: 3:49:56 -12 (3:51:38 -15). 21 ECP junior 10K 2005; 10 WCP junior 10K 2006 (2004-39); 9 WJC 10,000 2006; 22 ECP 20K 2009; 6 under-23 ECH 20K
2009; 15 OLY 20K 2012 (24 50K); 16 WCH 20K 2013; dnf ECH 20K 2014; 13 ECH 50K 2014; 7 ECP 50K 2015 (2013-10)
In 2015: 1 Marathónas 20K; 1 Greek indoor 5000; 5 Lugano 20K; 1 Mégara 20K; 1 Hóra Ándrou 10,000; 7 ECP 50K
55
PAPAMIHAÍL Aléxandros GRE
56
BARRONDO Erick GUA
24y
68d
1991
1:21:25
1:18:25 -12
2012 Olympic silver at 20K, Guatemala’s first Olympic medal // 50K pb: 3:41:09 -13 (3:55:57 -15). 4 Central American 20,000 2010; 9 WCH 20K 2011 (2013dq); 1 Pan-Am Games 20K 2011; dq WCP 20K 2012/2014; 2 OLY 20K 2012 (dq 50K); 1 Bolivarian Games 20K 2013; 2 South American 20K 2014; 1 Central
American & Caribbean Games 50K 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 50K 2015 (dq 20K). Both his parents - Bernardo & Leticia - were middle distance runners
In 2015: 2 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 3 Podébrady 20K; dq IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 1 Pan-American Cup 20K; 1 Alytus 20K; 2 Pan-Am Games
50K (dq 20K)
58
RAYMUNDO José Maria GUA
21y
354d
1993
1:22:49
1:22:49 -15
1 Central American Champs 20,000 2014; 9 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015
In 2015: 11 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 8 Podébrady 20K; 25 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 11 Pan-American Cup 20K; 9 Alytus 20K; 9 Pan-Am Games
20K
61
SINGH Baljinder IND
26y
29d
1989
1:22:58
1:22:12 -12
28y
74d
1987
1:23:12
1:23:12 -15
1985
1:21:36
1:20:35 -11
9 COM 20K 2010; 7 Asian Games 20K; 5 Asian Champs 20K 2012; 43 OLY 20K 2012
In 2015: 1 Indian National Games 20,000; 3 Asian 20K
62
SINGH Chandan IND
50K pb: 4:16:23 -12. dq WCP 50K 2008; 14 Asian Champs 20K 2010; 56 WCP 20K 2012; 34 WCH 20K 2013
In 2015: 2 Indian National Games 20,000; 15 Nomi 20K
63
SINGH Gurmeet IND
30y
51d
33rd at both London 2012 & Moscow 2013 // 2 Asian Champs 20K 2011 (2013-3); 33 OLY 20K 2012; 28 WCH 20K 2011 (2013-33); 27 WCP 20K 2014
In 2015: 3 Indian National Games; 9 Nomi 20K
67
WRIGHT Alex IRL
24y
245d
1990
1:22:09
1:22:09 -15
Former British International, gained Irish citizenship on January 2, 2014 and cleared by IAAF to represent Ireland from January 1, 2015
50K pb: 3:51:28 -14. 13 COM 20K 2010; 53 WCP 20K 2012; 31 WCH 20K 2013; 15 ECP 20K 2015 (2011-24, 2013-43). 1 English junior 10,000 2009. 1 English
Schools 5000 2009;1 UK 5000 2008/2009/2010/2012/2013; 1 Irish 10,000 2014/2015. Since his move to Ireland he has walked faster that Chris Maddocks’s
long-standing British record for that distance
In 2015: 1 Irish indoor 5000; 5 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; dnf Podébrady 20K; 15 ECP 20K; 1 Irish League Premier/May 24 3000; 16 IAAF Challenge/La
Coruña 20K; 3 Cork City junior 5000; 1 Irish 10,000
71
RUBINO Giorgio ITA
29y
128d
1986
1:21:38
1:19:37 -09
Fourth at 2009 World Championships, fifth in 2007 // 13 ECP junior 10K 2003; 4 World Youth 10,000 2003; dq WCP junior 10K 2004; 4 EJC 10,000 2005; 17
WCP 20K 2006 (2012-21, 2014-20); dq under-23 ECH 20K 2007; 18 OLY 20K 2008 (2012-42); 1 ECP 20K 2009 (2007-10, 2011-4, 2013-13, 2015-11); 4 WCH
20K 2009 (2007-5, 2011-dq, 2013-28), 2011-dq); 4 ECH 20K 2010 (2014-8)
In 2015: 9 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 5 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 11 ECP 20K; dnf Italian 10K
72
STANO Massimo ITA
23y
175d
1992
1:22:16
1:22:16 -15
14 World Youth 10,000 2009; 11 WCP junior 10K; 5 EJC 10,000 2011; 3 under-23 ECH 20K 2013; 46 WCP 20K 2014; 26 ECH 20K
In 2015: 2 Italian indoor 5000; 1 Cassino 20K; 3 Italian 10K
73
TONTODONATI Federico ITA
25y
295d
1989
1:22:23
1:22:00 -12
50K pb: 3:51:37 -12 (3:56:09 -15). 22 ECP junior 10K 2007; 12 EJC 10,000 2007; 7 WCP junior 10K 2008 (2006-25); 15 WJC 10,000 2008; 27 WCP 50K 2010
(2012-63); 13 ECP 20K 2011; 43 WCH 20K 2013; 37 WCP 50K 2014; 12 ECP 50K 2015 (2013-dnf)
In 2015: 1 Riposto 50K; 3 Italian indoor 5000; 2 Cassino 20K; dnf IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 12 ECP 50K; 1 Italian 10K
75
FUJISAWA Isamu JPN
27y
313d
1987
1:19:08
1:19:08 -15
2 Asian Champs 20K 2010 (2007-5, 2009/2012-4); 6 WSG 20K 2009; 30 WCH 20K 2009; 15 WCP 20K 2012 (2014-14); 18 OLY 20K 2012. 1 Japanese 10,000
2008 & 20K 2012
In 2015: dq Japanese 20K; 2 Nomi 20K; 21 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K
27y 231d 1988
1:16:36
1:16:36 -15 NR
New world record holder at 20K // 3 World Youth 10,000 2005; 3 WJC 10,000 2006 (2004-17); 4 WSG 20K 2007 (2009-13); 1 Asian Champs 20K
2010/2013/2015; 7 WCH 20K 2011 (2009-42, 2013-12); 36 OLY 20K 2012 (fell back after having led past 8Km); 4 WCP 20K 2014 (2010-41); 2 Asian Games
20K 2014 (2010-5). 1 Japanese 20K 2014. He walks for Fujitsu Limited (a multinational manufacturer of electronics)
In 2015: 2 Japanese 20K; 1 Asian 20K (in his home town of Nomi, set world record 1:16:36); 1 Kitami 5000; 1 Abashiri 10,000
76
SUZUKI Yusuke JPN
77
TAKAHASHI Eiki JPN
22y
274d
1992
1:18:03
1:18:03 -15
1:23:53
1:21:44 -14
9 WSG 20K 2013; 9 WCP 20K 2014; 7 Asian Games 20K 2014. 2 Japanese 20K 2014
In 2015: 1 Japanese 20K; 1 Kumagaya 5000; 6 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 2 Kitami 5000; 2 Abashiri 10,000
80
SHEIKO Georgiy KAZ
25y
362d
1989
4 Asian junior 10,000 2008; 32 WCP junior 10K 2009; 51 WCP 50K 2012; 35 OLY 20K 2012; 36 WCH 20K 2013; 49 WCP 20K 2014; 5 WSG 20K 2015.
Attends the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism in Almaty
In 2015: 6 Russian winter 20K; 1 Kazakh winter 20,000; 1 Kazakh 20,000; 5 WSG 20K
81
BYUN Young-Jun KOR
31y
153d
1984
1:23:31
1:21:42 -12
3 Asian Champs 20K 2010 (2009-6, 2009-6, 2013-dnf); 23 WCH 20K 2011 (2009-43, 2013-dq); 31 OLY 20K 2012. 1 Korean 20K 2008/2010
In 2015: 16 Nomi 20K; 2 Korean 20K
82
CHOE Byeong-Kwang KOR
24y
136d
1991
1:23:45
1:21:20 -14
12 WJC 10,000 2010; 39 WCH 20K 2013; 50 WCP 20K 2014; dq Asian Games 20K 2014; 16 WSG 2015 (2013-dq)
In 2015: 19 Nomi 20K; 13 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 16 WSG 20K
83
30y
82d 1985
1:19:13
1:19:13 -15 NR
Korean record holder at 20K. Sixth at 2011 World 20K, the highest-placed Korean at the Daegu World Championships
8 WCP-junior 10K 2004; 3 WJC 10,000 2004; 2 WSG 20K 2005 (2007-7, 2009-5); 2 Asian Games 20K 2006 (2010-3); 1 Asian Champs 20K 2011 (2005-2); 6
WCH 20K 2011 (2007-20, 2009-34, 2013-10); 17 OLY 20K 2013 (2008-23); 18 WCP 20K 2014 (2006-42, 2008-20). 1 Korean 20K 2008/2009/2012/2013
In 2015: 2 Asian 20K; 3 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K
KIM Hyun-Sub KOR
86
ŠAVELSKIS
Marius LTU
21y
22d
1994
1:23:52
1:23:52 -15
9 EJC 10,000 2011; 12 World Youth 10,000 2011; 15 WJC 10,000 2-12; 4 ECP-junior 10K 2013; 14 EJC 10,000 2013; 25 WCP junior 10K 2012; dnf under-23
ECH 20K 2015
In 2015: 8 Lugano 20K; 2 Birstonas 10K; 1 Kaunas 5000; dnf under-23 ECH 20K
88
NAVA Horacio MEX
33y
213d
1982
1:23:01
1:22:04 -12
Sixth at 2008 Olympic 50K. Second at 2010 World Cup 50K // 50K pb: 3:42:51 -14 (3:45:41 -15). 1 Pan-Am junior 10,000 2001; 8 WSG 20K 2003; 9 WCH 50K
2005/2007 (2009-19, 2011-20, 2013-32); 6 OLY 50K 2008 (2012-15); 2 WCP 50K 2010 (2006-7, 2008-5, 2012-11); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games
50K 2010; 18 WCH 20K 2011; 1 Pan-Am Games 50K 2011 (2007-2, 2015-3). Coach-Ruben Arikado
In 2015: 1 Pan-Am Cup 50K
89
SALAZAR Julio César MEX
22y
44d
1993
1:21:43
1:21:43 -15
9 World Youth 10,000 2009; 14 WCP junior 10K 2010; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 20K 2013; 31 WCP 20K 2014; 6 Ibero-American 20,000 2014;
4 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015
In 2015: 5 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 4 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 4 Pan-Am Games 20K
90
SÁNCHEZ Eder MEX
29y
92d
1986
1:21:58
1:18:34 -08
Third in 2008 World Cup & 2009 World 20K // 50K pb: 3:53:19 -11. dq World Youth 10,000 2003; 2 WCP junior 10K 2004; 4 WJC 10,000 2004; 3 WCP 20K
2008 (2006-dnf, 2010-7, 2012-7); 3 WCH 20K 2009 (2005-8, 2007-4, 2011-13); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 20K 2010; 6 OLY 20K 2012 (2008-15);
7 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015. His aunt is international walker Rosario Sánchez, his uncle is 2000 Olympic 50K bronze medallist Joel Sanchez
In 2015: 1 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 5 Pan-American Cup 20K; 7 Pan-Am Games 20K
34y 259d 1980
1:21:24
1:19:11 -08 NR
Fifth at 50K in Osaka 2007 & Beijing 2008 // 500K pb: 3:45:08 -08. 26 WJC 10,000 98; 16 EJC 10,000 99; 8 ECP 20K 2005 (2003-dnf, 2007-11); 7 ECH 20K
2006 (2002-17); 5 WCH 50K 2007 (2009-dnf); 21 OLY 20K 2008; 5 OLY 50K 2008 (2012-14); 7 WCH 20K 2009 (2003-19, 2005-13, 2007-8); 4 WCP 20K 2010
(2002-53, 2004-62, 2006-9, 2008-6, 2014-dnf); 9 ECH 20K 2014. 1 Norwegian 20K 2001-2003/2005/2008. Younger brother of Kjersti Plätzer (silver in women’s
20K walk at 2000 Olympics and again in Beijing 2008). He served two-year doping ban 2010-2012. 1.86 tall
In 2015: dnf IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 50K; dnf IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 5 Podébrady 20K; 1 Vallensbæk 20K; 19 ECP 20K; 1 Bergen 3000; 1
Norwegian 20K; 1 Norwegian 10K; 1 Norwegian 5000
92
TYSSE Erik NOR
93
REW Quentin NZL
31y
35d
1984
1:24:09
1:22:11 -14 NR
50K pb: 3:50.27 -13 (3:52.18 -15). 24 WCH 50K 2011; 29 OLY 50K 2012; 17 WCH 50K 2013; 12 WCP 50K 2014
In 2015: 1 Wellington 3000; 2 Oceanian 20K; 4 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 50K; 2 Melbourne 10K (May 23); 1 Melbourne 20K (Jun 21)
94
CHIHUÁN Pavel PER
29y
214d
1986
1:23:34
1:23:34 -15 NR
Full name-Pavel Chihuán Camayo
Peruvian record holder at 20K & 50K
50K pb: 3:56:35 -14. 87 WCP 20K 2008; 4 South American 20,000 2009; 36 WCH 20K 2009; 23 WCP 50K 2014; 1 South American 20K 2015
In 2015: 26 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 15 Pan-American Cup 20K; 1 Peruvian 20,000; 1 South American 20K; dnf Pan-Am Games 50K
39y 182d 1976
1:21:51
1:20:09 -06 NR
Medals at the two European Championship 20Ks (2006 & 2010) // 50K pb: 3:45:17 -12. 11 WJC 10,000 94; 3 ECP 20K 2003 (2001-15, 2002-4, 2005-dnf, 2007
-7, 2009/2011/2015-dnf, 2013-7); 10 OLY 20K 2004 (2008-32, 2012-11); 8 WCP 20K 2006 (95-66, 97-27, 99-21, 2002-11, 2004-17, 2008-15, 2012-19, 2014dnf); 2 ECH 20K 2010 (98-20, 2002-12, 2006-3, 2014-dnf); dnf OLY 50K 2012; 4 WCH 20K 2013 (2001-dq, 2003-17, 2005-dnf, 2007-25, 2011-14, 2009-10). 1
Portuguese 20K 96/99-2005/2009/2013/2014 (1 50K 2004/2008). Twin brother Sergio is also an international walker. Partner is international walker Vera
Santos, who he also coaches
In 2015: 18 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; dnf ECP 20K; 1 Vendas Novas 5000; 12 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 2 Portuguese Clubs 5000; 1 Portuguese
10,000
99
VIEIRA João POR
100
VIEIRA Sérgio POR
39y
182d
1976
1:21:51
1:20:58 -97
22 WJC 10,000 94; 23 ECP 20K 2007 (2009/2011/2014-dnf, 2013-29); 45 OLY 20K 2008; 27 WCH 20K 2009 (2007-dnf, 2013-40); 20 ECH 20K 2010 (2014dnf). At WCP 20K: 95-72, 97-25, 99-41, 2006-45, 2008-18, 2010-26, 2014-60. Twin brother João is also an international walker (3 ECH 20K 20106/2010, 4
WCH 20K 2013)
In 2015: 1 Portuguese indoor 5000; 1 Portuguese Clubs indoor 5000; 1 Leiria 20,000; 10 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; dnf ECP 20K; 13 IAAF Challenge/La
Coruña 20K; 1 Portuguese Clubs 5000
25y
20d 1990
1:21:50
1:21:50 -15 NR
Twice African Champion at 20K. South African record holder at 20K
76 WCP 20K 2012; 1 African Champs 20K 2013/2014; 61 WCP 20K 2014. 1 South African 20K 2012/2013/2015
In 2015: 1 Pretoria 3000; 2 Lugano 20K; 1 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 1 South African 20K; 11 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; dnf Alytus 20K; 1 Bedford
20,000; 1 Cork City 5000
103
SHANGE Lebogang RSA
104
IVANOV Aleksandr RUS
22y
118d
1993
1:20:06
1:19:45 -14
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
2013 World Champion at age 20, the youngest ever male World walking champion
6 EJC 10,000 10,000 2011; 2 WCP junior 10K 2012; 2 WJC 10,000 2012; 4 ECP 20K 2013 (2015-dq); 1 under-23 ECH 20K 2013 (promoted to gold after the
doping disqualification of his compatriot Pyotr Bogatyrev); 1 WCH 20K 2013; dq WCP 20K 2014
In 2015: 1 Russian winter 20K; dq ECP 20K
107
KUČMÍN Antón SVK
31y
74d
1984
1:26:53
1:21:59 -14
50K pb: 3:57:41 -07. 11 EJC 10,000 2003; dnf WCH 50K 2007; 16 ECH 20K 2010; 16 ECP 20K 2011 (2005-27, 2007-21, 2009-23, 2013-dnf, 2015-28); 16
WCH 20K 2011 (2013-21); 23 OLY 20K 2012; 35 WCP 20K 2014 (2004-84, 2010-36)
In 2015: 2 Bratislava 5000; 28 ECP 20K; dnf Alytus 20K; dnf Polish 20K
112
IBÁÑEZ Ato SWE
29y
280d
1985
1:22:48
1:22:36 -12
50K pb: 3:48:42 -14. 28 WCP junior 10K 2004; 25 WJC 10,000 2004; 38 ECP 20K 2007 (2009-dq); dq under-23 ECH 20K 2007; 40 WCP 50K 2012; 11 WSG
20K 2013; 23 WCH 20K 2013 (2011-dq); 22 WCH 50K 2013; 54 WCP 20K 2014 (2006-dnf, 2008-72, 2010-55); 10 ECH 50K 2014; 10 ECP 20K 2015 (2011-20,
2013-18)
His parents were both world-class walkers. Father-Enrique Vera MEX (2 WCH 50K 76), mother- Siw Gustavsson SWE (2 ECH 10K 86). His brother is fellow
Swedish race walker Perseus Karlström
In 2015: 2 Swedish indoor 5000; 13 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 11 Podébrady 20K; 4 Birstonas 10K; 10 ECP 20K; 2 Swedish 10,000/20,000
113
KARLSTRÖM Perseus SWE
25y
111d
1990
1:22:44
1:21:54 -14
50K pb: 3:52:43 -13. 1 Nordic junior 10,000 2009; 9 EJC 10,000 2009; 44 WCP 20K 2010 (2012-58); 38 WCH 20K 2013; 17 ECH 20K 2014; 8 ECP 20K 2015
(2013-dnf)
His parents were both world-class walkers. Father-Enrique Vera MEX (2 WCH 50K 76), mother- Siw Gustavsson SWE (2 ECH 10K 86). His brother is fellow
Swedish race walker Ato Ibañez
In 2015: 1 Swedish indoor 5000; 12 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 1 Birstonas 10K; 8 ECP 20K; 1 Swedish 10,000/10,000
29y 152d 1986
1:21:25
1:18:37 -14 NR
2014 World Cup winner at 20K & sixth at 2011 World Championships // 12 EJC 10,000 2005; 6 under-23 ECH 20K 2007; 6 WCH 20K 2011 (2009-33, 2013-7);
30 OLY 20K 2012; 2 WSG 20K 2013 (2009-7); 5 ECP 20K 2013 (2007-47, 2009-15, 2011-31, 2015-40); 1 WCP 20K 2014 (2006/2008-52), 2012-4); 4 ECH 20K
2014 (2010-11)
In 2015: 1 Ayvalik 10K; 4 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 40 ECP 20K
116
DMYTRENKO Ruslan UKR
117
GLAVAN Igor UKR
24y
330d
1990
1:21:24
1:19:59 -14
Great advancement in 2012/2013 from 4:03:18 to 3:40:39 at 50K and fourth place at the Moscow World Championships
50K pb: 3:40:39 -13. 12 WCP 50K 2012; 18 OLY 50K 2012; 4 ECP 50K 2013; 6 WSG 20K 2013/2015; 4 WCH 50K 2013; 7 WCP 20K 2014; 6 ECH 50K 2014;
5 ECP 20K 2015. Attends Kiev’s Inter-Regional Academy of Personnel Management
In 2015: 6 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 5 ECP 20K; 20 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 6 WSG 20K
118
LOSEV Ivan UKR
29y
207d
1986
1:22:37
1:19:33 -14
50K pb: 4:01:51 -10. 11 under-23 ECH 20K 2011; 12 WCP 20K 2012 (2006-81, 2014-52); 47 OLY 20K 2012; 14 ECP 20K 2013 (2007-26); 8 WSG 20K 2013;
30 WCH 20K 2013. Attended Kiev’s Inter-Regional Academy of Personnel Management
In 2015: 14 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 1 Ukrainian 20K; 1 Ukrainian Cup 10K
120
20y 236d 1994
1:22:24
1:22:24 -15 NR
dnf World Youth 10,000 2011; 3 Bolivarian Games 20K 2013; 4 South American Games 20,000 2014; 5 Ibero-American 20,000 2014; dq Pan-Am Games 20K
2015
In 2015: 8 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 29 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; dnf South American 20K; 2 Plasencia 5000; dq Pan-Am Games 20K
VARGAS Richard Egrey VEN
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....1:16:36....Yusuke Suzuki JPN....................2015
2.....1:16:43....Sergey Morozov RUS................ 2008
3.....1:17:02....Yohann Diniz FRA......................2015
4.....1:17:16....Vladimir Kanaykin RUS.............. 2007
5.....1:17:21....Jefferson Pérez ECH................. 2003
6.....1:17:22....Francisco Fernández ESP......... 2002
7.....1:17:23....Vladimir Stankin RUS.................2004
1.....1:16:36....Yusuke Suzuki JPN
2.....1:17:02....Yohann Diniz FRA
3.....1:18:00....Wang Zhen CHN
4.....1:18:03....Eiki Takahashi JPN
5.....1:18:44....Chen Ding CHN
6.....1:19:08....Isamu Fujisawa JPN
7.....1:19:08....Daisuke Matsunaga JPN
8.....1:19:12....Kai Kobayashi JPN
9.....1:19:13....Kim Hyun-Sub KOR
10...1:19:18....Bertrand Moulinet FRA
8.....1:17:30....Alex Schwarzer ITA....................2012
9.....1:17:33....Nathan Deakes AUS.................. 2005
10...1:17:36....Wang Zhen CHN........................ 2012
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Men’s 50 Kilometres Walk
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Entrants
NR
QBR
National Record
Qualified by ranking
Starts: Saturday, August 29
Age
12
ERICKSON Chris AUS
33y
(Days)
Born
263d
1981
2015 Best
Personal Best
-
3:49:33 -14
2006 Commonwealth 50K bronze // 20K pb: 1:22:08 -15. At WCP 20K: 2008-30, 2012-20. 50K: 2004-31, 2006-26, 2010-15. dq OLY 50K 2008; 8 COM 20K
2010; 16 WCH 50K 2013 (2007-24). 1 Australian 50K 2004 & 20K 2010. Father/coach Tim Erickson was third in the 1978 Commonwealth Games 30K walk
In 2015: 2 Canberra 5000; 3 Oceanian 20K; 1 Victoria State 5000; 10 Nomi 20K; 10 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 1 Melbourne 10K
13
TALLENT Jared AUS
30y
307d
1984
-
3:36:53 -11
Twice Olympic silver & twice World Championship bronze at 50K // 20K pb: 1:19:15 -10 (1:24:05 -15). 7 World Youth 10,000 2001; 19 WJC 10,000 2002; 2 OLY
50K 2008 (3 20K); 1 COM 20K 2010 (2006-3); 3 WCH 50K 2011/2013 (2005-18, 2007-dq, 2009-6); 25 WCH 20K 2011; 2 OLY 50K 2012 (7 20K). At WCP 20K:
2004-75, 2006-14, 2008-10; 50K: 2010-3, 2012-2. 1 Australian 50K 2007/2009 & 20K 2008/2009/2011. Wife-Claire Tallent (née Woods) is also an international
race walker, as his his younger sister Rachel Tallent
In 2015: 3 Canberra 5000; 1 Oceanian 20K; dnf Chihuahua IAAF Challenge 20K; 18 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K
18
dos SANTOS Mario José BRA
35y
345d
1979
3:55:36
3:55:36 -15 NR
Brazilian record holder at 50K // 20K pb: 1:25:49 -03 (1:28:50 -15). dnf WJC 10,000 98; 2 Pan-Am Games 50K 2003 (2011-dq); 56 WCP 20K 2004; 25 WCP
50K 2008 (2012-30); 41 OLY 50K 2008; 1 South American 50K 2012; 43 WCH 50K 2013 (2009-dnf)
In 2015: 9 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 4 Brazilian 20K
19
BILODEAU Matt CAN
27y
232d
1988
-
3:59:48 -14
1990
-
3:58:34 -14
20K pb: 1:25:48 -15. 3 Canadian 10,000 2015
In 2015: 2 Vénissieux 5000; 38 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 3 Canadian 10,000; 1 Edmonton Classic 10,000
20
DUNFEE Evan CAN
24y
327d
2015 Pan-American Games Champion at 50K // 20K pb: 1:20:13 -14 (1:21:54 -15). 23 World Youth 10,000 2007; 10 WJC 10,000 2008; 6 COM 20K 2010; 14
WSG 20K 2011 (2013-21); 1 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 2012; 36 WCH 50K 2013; 2 Francophone Games 20K 2013; 11 WCP 20K 2014
(2010/2012-dnf); 1 Pan-Am Games 20K 2015. 1 Canadian 20K 2011/2014 & 10,000 2015. Coach-Gerry Dragomir
In 2015: 1 Canadian indoor 5000; 4 Pan-American Cup 20K; 23 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 1 Canadian 10,000; 1 Pan-Am Games 20K
26
LUO Yadong CHN
23y
218d
1992
3:48:48
3:48:48 -15
203d
1990
3:47:35
3:47:35 -15
20K pb: 1:23:20 -13 (1:23:35 -15). 21 Chinese National Games 20K 2013. From-Gansu Province
In 2015: 4 Chinese World Championships Trial 50K; 8 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 1 Wuhai 20K
29
WU Qianlong CHN
25y
20K pb: 1:23:05 -13 (1:24:00 -15). 14 WCP 50K 2014. 1 Chinese National Games 50K 2013 (2009-10). From-Inner Mongolia
In 2015: 3 Chinese World Championships Trial 50K; 19 IAAF Challenge/Taicang 20K; 27 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; dnf Wuhai 20K
30
YU Wei CHN
27y
344d
1987
3:46:57
3:46:57 -15
20K pb: 1:19:07 -13 (1:23:29 -15). 2 Asian Champs 20K 2009; 1 East Asian Games 20K 2009; 12 WSG 20K 2011; 21 WCP 20K 2014. 11 Chinese National
Games 50K 2009; 2 Chinese National Games 20K 2013 (2009-7). From-Shandong Province
In 2015: 3 Genoa 10,000; 1 Chinese World Championships Trial 50K; 11 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K
31
ZHANG Lin CHN
21y
283d
1993
3:47:11
3:47:11 -15
1979
4:00:55
4:00:55 -15
20K pb: 1:28:51 -11. 7 WCP 50K 2014; 6 Asian Games 50K 2014. 12 Chinese National Games 20K 2013
In 2015: 4 Genoa 10,000; 2 Chinese World Championships Trial 50K; dnf IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K
33
LÓPEZ Luis Fernando COL
36y
79d
Ninth in Beijing Olympic 20K, fifth at Berlin World Championships, then bronze in Daegu 2011
20K pb: 1:20:03 -09 (1:28:09 -15). 1 South American 20K 2008 & 20,000 2009; 9 OLY 20K 2008 (2004-24, 2012-dq); 5 WCP 20K 2010 (2004-38, 2006-dq,
2008-23, 2012-49); 3 WCH 20K 2011 (2005-12, 2007-22, 2009-5, 2013-dq); 3 Pan-American Games 20K 2011 (2003-4, 2007-dq); 33 WCP 50K 2014
In 2015: 3 Bogotá 35K; 32 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 8 Pan-American Cup 50K
36
GDULA Lukás CZE
23y
258d
1991
3:59:03
3:59:03 -15
20K pb: 1:26:10 -13 (1:29:04 -15). 23 ECP junior 10K 2009; 21 WCP junior 10K 2010 (2008-46); 18 WJC 10,000 2010; 37 ECP 20K 2013; 6 under-23 ECH 20K
2013; 34 WCP 50K 2014; 26 ECH 50K 2014; dq ECP 50K 2015
In 2015: 20 Lugano 20K; 12 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 1 Olomouc 10,000; 34 Podébrady 20K; dq ECP 50K; 1 Nové Mesto nad MetujÍ 10,000
38
CHOCHO Andrés ECU
31y
290d
1983
3:50:13
3:49:32 -11 NR
2015 Pan-American Games Champion at 50K // 20K pb: 1:20:40 -15. 20,000 pb: 1:20:23.8 -11. 18 WJC 10,000 2002 (2000-24); 38 OLY 20K 2008; 1 South
American 20,000 2011; 3 WSG 20K 2011(2007-14, 2009-12); 11 WCH 50K 2011 (2007/2013-dq, 2009-39); dq OLY 50K 2012; 1 Pan-Am Games 50K 2015
(2011-dq). At WCP 20K: 2002-34, 2004/2006-dq, 2008-39, 2010-32. 50K: 2012-dq, 2014-dq
In 2015: 2 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 50K; 1 Cuenca 10,000; 2 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 1 Ecuadorian; 2 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 7 IAAF
Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 1 Pan-Am Games 50K
40
ARCILLA Francisco ESP
31y
219d
1984
-
3:58:00 -14
2003 European junior bronze at 10,000m // 20K pb: 1:22:23 -13 (1:24:09 -15). 6 World Youth 10,000 2001; 3 EJC 10,000 2003; 5 ECP junior 10K 2003; 11 ECP
20K 2009 (2011-18, 2013-30); 11 WSG 20K 2009; 40 WCP 20K 2012 (2008-61, 2010-50); 44 WCH 20K 2013; 25 WCP 50K 2014; 21 ECH 50K 2014
In 2015: 8 Spanish 35K; 7 Spanish 20K; 33 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 1 Castellón 5000; 30 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 6 Spanish 10,000
42
GARCÍA Jesús Angel ESP
45y
308d
1969
-
3:39:54 -97
1993 World 50K Champion, silvers in 1997 & 2001 & 2009 bronze // 20K pb: 1:23:24 -01 (1:29:14 -14). 5 WSG 20K 91; 1 WCH 50K 93 (95-5, 97/2001-2, 99dnf, 2003-6, 2005/2007/2011-dq, 2009-3, 2012-13); 1 ECH 50K 2006 (94-4, 98-dq, 2002-3, 2010-5, 2014-8); 4 OLY 50K 2008 (92-10, 96-dnf, 2000-12, 2004-5,
2012-19). At WCP 50K: 93/95-2, 97-1, 99-4, 2002-dq, 2004/2006-6, 2008-14, 2010-5, 2012-6, 2014-20. At ECP 20K: 2005-14. 50K: 96/2000/2001-1, 98/2009
-2, 2007-6, 2013-11, 2015-dq. 1 Spanish 50K 97/2000. Full name-Jesús Angel García Bragado. Wife-former World Rhythmic Gymnastics champion Carmen
Acedo. Coach-Montserrat Pastor
In 2015: dq ECP 50K; 1 Barcelona 10,000; 10 Spanish 10,000
Beijing 2015 will be his record 12th IAAF World Championships, the same Susana Feitór POR (who is also entered for Beijing)
45
SÁNCHEZ Benjamín ESP
30y
164d
1985
3:55:45
3:55:45 -15
20K pb: 1:20:48 -08 -08. 9 World Youth 10,000 2001; 5 EJC 10,000 2003; 10 ECP junior 10K 2003; 8 WJC 10,000 2004 (2002-12); 3 WCP junior 10K 2005; 2
under-23 ECH 20K 2005 (2007-dnf); 10 WSG 20K 2005; 13 ECH 20K 2006; 23 WCH 20K 2007; 13 WCP 20K 2008 (2006-20, 2010-22, 2014-82); 13 OLY 20K
2008; 3 ECP 20K 2011 (2005-17, 2007-13, 2009/2013-dnf); 35 WCP 50K 2012; 59 OLY 50K 2012; 10 ECP 50K 2015. 1 Spanish 20K 2006/2013/2014
In 2015: 4 Spanish; dnf Spanish 20K; 3 Spanish Universities 10,000; 10 ECP 50K; 2 Spanish 10,000
46
KINNUNEN Jarkko FIN
31y
214d
1984
-
3:46:25 -12
20K pb: 1:23:13 -12 (1:26:27 -15). 10 World Youth 10,000 2001; 4 EJC 10,000 2003; 9 WCH 50K 2009 (2007-10, 2011-15. 2013-20); 31 WCP 20K 2012; 14
OLY 50K 2012 (2008-15); 11 ECH 50K 2014 (2006-14, 2010-dnf). At ECP 20K: 2005-40, 2007-36, 2009-10, 2013-dnf, 2015-24
47
OJALA Aleksi FIN
22y
254d
1992
3:57:14
3:57:14 -15
20K pb: 1:26:27 -15. 16 EJC 10,000 2011; 90 WCP 20K 2012; dq under-23 ECH 20K 2013; 30 ECP 20K 2015. 1 Finnish 20K 2015
In 2015: 3 Finnish indoor 5000; 11 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 2 Tuusula 10K; 30 ECP 20K; 1 Turku 10K; 4 Turku 5000; 1 Mynämäki 10,000; 1 Finnish 20K
48
PARTANEN Veli-Matti FIN
23y
297d
1991
3:49:02
3:49:02 -15
(aka Aku Partanen) // 20K pb: 1:25:55 -12 (1:26:40 -15). 10K pb: 38:59 -12. 20 World Youth 10,000 2007; 13 WJC 10,000 2008 (2010-14); 8 EJC 10,000 2009;
12 WCP junior 10K 2010; 22 ECP 20K 2011; 7 under-23 ECH 20K 2011 (2013-13); dnf WCP 20K 2012; dnf ECP 50K 2013; 41 WCH 50K 2013; 18 ECH 50K
2015
In 2015: 1 Finnish indoor 5000; 6 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 26 ECP 20K; 1 Turku 20K; 1 Lappeenranta 5000; 1 Turku 5000
52
DOHMANN Carl GER
25y
95d
1990
-
3:51:27 -14
20K pb: 1:21:42 -14 (1:22:24 -15). 4 EJC 10,000 2009; 11 ECP junior 10K 2009; 49 ECP 20K 2013; 15 ECH 50K 2014. 1 German under-23 10,000/2012
In 2015: 3 Naumburg 20K; 13 ECP 20K
26y 336d 1988
3:51:38
3:49:56 -12 NR
Greek record holder at both walks, and both set at the London Olympics
20K pb: 1:21:19 -12 (1:22:43 -15). 21 ECP junior 10K 2005; 10 WCP junior 10K 2006 (2004-39); 9 WJC 10,000 2006; 22 ECP 20K 2009; 6 under-23 ECH 20K
2009; 15 OLY 20K 2012 (24 50K); 16 WCH 20K 2013; dnf ECH 20K 2014; 13 ECH 50K 2014; 7 ECP 50K 2015 (2013-10)
In 2015: 1 Marathónas 20K; 1 Greek indoor 5000; 5 Lugano 20K; 1 Mégara 20K; 1 Hóra Ándrou 10,000; 7 ECP 50K
55
PAPAMIHAÍL Aléxandros GRE
56
BARRONDO Erick GUA
57
QUIYUCH Jaime GUA
24y
68d 1991
3:55:57
3:41:09 -13 NR
2012 Olympic silver at 20K, Guatemala’s first Olympic medal // 20K pb: 1:18:25 -12 (1:21:25 -15). 4 Central American 20,000 2010; 9 WCH 20K 2011 (2013dq); 1 Pan-Am Games 20K 2011; dq WCP 20K 2012/2014; 2 OLY 20K 2012 (dq 50K); 1 Bolivarian Games 20K 2013; 2 South American 20K 2014; 1 Central
American & Caribbean Games 50K 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 50K 2015 (dq 20K). Both his parents - Bernardo & Leticia - were middle distance runners
In 2015: 2 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 3 Podébrady 20K; dq IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 1 Pan-American Cup 20K; 1 Alytus 20K; 2 Pan-Am Games
50K (dq 20K)
27y
118d
1988
-
3:50:33 -11
20K pb: 1:22:25 -13. 3 Pan-American Games 50K 2011; dnf WCP 50K 2012; dq OLY 50K 2012; 13 WCH 20K 2013
59
SANCHEZ Luis Angel GUA
21y
249d
1993
4:01:48
4:01:48 -15
112d
1986
4:08:54
4:02:19 -13 NR
16 WCP junior 10K 2012; 3 Central American & Caribbean junior 10,000 2012; 32 WJC 10,000 2012
In 2015: 9 Pan-American Cup 50K
60
KUMAR Sandeep IND
29y
Indian record holder at 50K // 20K pb: 1:22:16 -15. dq WCH 50K 2013; 22 WCP 50K 2014 (2012-35). 1 Indian 50K 2013/2014
In 2015: 13 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 18 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K
64
SINGH RAWAT Manish IND
24y
108d
1991
-
4:02:08 -14
310d
1986
3:48:55
3:48:55 -15
Full name-Manish Singh Rawat // 20K pb: 1:22:50 -15. 31 WCP 50K 2014. 1 Indian Police 20K 2014
In 2015: 9 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K
65
BOYCE Brendan IRL
28y
20K pb: 1:24:38 -13 (1:26:47 -15). 28 ECP 20K 2011 (2013-35); 15 WSG 20K 2011; 63 WCP 20K 2012 (2014-77); 28 OLY 50K 2012; 25 WCH 50K 2013; 16
ECH 50K 2014; 27 ECP 20K 2015 (2013-35)
In 2015: 2 Spanish 35K; 5 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 19 Podébrady 20K; 27 ECP 20K; 45 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 5 Cork City junior 5000; 2 Irish
10,000
37y 182d 1978
3:48:44
3:37:54 -12 NR
DEFENDING IAAF WORLD CHAMPION
One of his infamous string of fourth places (2010 European 20K) has been promoted to a bronze medal due to the disqualification by doping of one above
20K pb: 1:19:22 -08. 14 EJC 10,000 97; 13 under-23 ECH 10,000 99; 28 OLY 20K 2000; 8 ECH 20K 2002; 6 WCH 20K 2007 (2001-14, 2005-dq, 2009-15); 9
WCP 2008 (99-70, 2004-27, 2012-11, 2014-23); 4 ECP 20K 2009 (2003-dq, 2005-15, 2007-5, 2011-9, 2013-9); 3 ECH 20K 2010 (4 50K); 4 OLY 50K 2012 (9
20K); 1 WCH 50K 2013 (2011-dnf); dnf ECH 50K 2014. 1 Irish 20K 2000/2001/2002/2004/2009 & 30K 2008. Wife is international 400m runner Marian Andrews
In 2015: 4 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 4 Cork City 5000; dq Irish 10,000
66
HEFFERNAN Robert IRL
67
WRIGHT Alex IRL
24y
245d
1990
-
3:51:28 -14
Former British International, gained Irish citizenship on January 2, 2014 and cleared by IAAF to represent Ireland from January 1, 2015
20K pb: 1:22:09 -15. 13 COM 20K 2010; 53 WCP 20K 2012; 31 WCH 20K 2013; 15 ECP 20K 2015 (2011-24, 2013-43). 1 English junior 10,000 2009. 1 English
Schools 5000 2009;1 UK 5000 2008/2009/2010/2012/2013; 1 Irish 10,000 2014/2015. Since his move to Ireland he has walked faster that Chris Maddocks’s
long-standing British record for that distance
In 2015: 1 Irish indoor 5000; 5 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; dnf Podébrady 20K; 15 ECP 20K; 1 Irish League Premier/May 24 3000; 16 IAAF Challenge/La
Coruña 20K; 3 Cork City junior 5000; 1 Irish 10,000
68
CAPORASO Teodorico ITA
27y
341d
1987
3:51:44
3:51:44 -15
11 ECP 50K 2011 (2013-16); 26 WCP 50K 2014 (2012-27); 42 WCH 50K 2013; 20 ECH 50K 2014; 8 ECP 50K 2015 (2013-16)
In 2015: 10 Lugano 20K; 5 Cassino 20K; 13 Podébrady 20K; 8 ECP 50K
69
DE LUCA Marco ITA
34y
101d
1981
3:45:25
3:45:25 -14
Eighth at 50K at two World Cups & 2009 World Championships. Top seven at three successive European Championships
20K pb: 1:22:13 -13. 8 WCP 50K 2008/2012 (2006-9, 2010-14); 8 WCH 50K 2009 (2005/2011-12, 2007-dnf, 2013-15); 6 ECH 50K 2010 (2006/2014-7); 3 ECP
50K 2011 (2005-13, 2007/2009-8); 16 OLY 50K 2012 (2008-19). 1 Italian 50K 2006 & 20K 2010
In 2015: 4 Italian indoor 5000; 3 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 20K; 7 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 3 ECP 50K; 5 Italian 10K
70
GIUPPONI Matteo ITA
26y
316d
1988
3:49:52
3:49:52 -15
2009 European under-23 bronze at 20K // 20K pb: 1:20:58 -12. 24 ECP junior 10K 2005 (2007-dq); 7 World Youth 10,000 2005; 2 EJC 10,000 2007; 56 WCP
50K 2008; 3 under-23 ECH 20K 2009; 11 ECP 20K 2011 (2009-12, 2013-26); 37 WCP 20K 2012 (2010-39); 14 WCH 20K 2014; 19 ECH 20K 2014
In 2015: 8 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; dq IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K
74
ARAI Hiroki JPN
27y
94d
1988
3:40:20
3:40:20 -15
Tenth at 2011 World Championship 50K, then 11th in 2013 // 20K pb: 1:20:35 -15. 14 Asian Champs 20K 2009 (2010-25); 10 WCH 50K 2011 (2013-11); 59
WCP 20K 2012
In 2015: 3 Japanese 20K; 1 Japanese 50K; 2 Kumagaya 5000; 22 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K
78
TANII Takayuki JPN
32y
188d
1983
3:42:01
3:40:19 -14
2007 Asian Champion at 20K. Ninth in 2011 World 50K and again in 2013
20K pb: 1:20:39 -04 (1:24:01 -15). 2 Asian junior 10,000 2001; 2 WJC 10,000 2002; 6 WSG 20K 2003; 14 OLY 20K 2004 (2008-dq); 30 WCP 20K 2006; 21
WCH 20K 2007 (2005-23); 29 OLY 50K 2008 (2012-dnf). 1 Japanese 20K 2004; 1 Asian Champs 20K 2007 (2008-3, 2010-8); 9 WCH 50K 2011 (2009-dq)
In 2015: 12 Japanese 20K; 2 Japanese 50K
31y 217d 1984
3:43:40
3:40:12 -09 NR
Japanese record holder at 50K walk & seventh in 2008 Olympics // 20K pb: 1:20:38 -03 (1:24:34 -15). 4 World Youth 10,000 2001; dq Asian Games 20K/50K
2002; 5 WJC 10,000 2002 (2000-20); 2 Asian Champs 20K 2003; 16 OLY 50K 2004 (dnf 20K); 8 WCH 50K 2005 (2007-dnf, 2009-dq); 4 Asian Games 20K
2006; 2 Asian Champs 50K 2007; 7 OLY 50K 2008 (11 20K); 25 WCP 20K 2012; dq OLY 50K 2012; dq Asian Games 50K 2014. 1 Japanese 50K 2004
-2010/2012
In 2015: 4 Tokyo 20K; 3 Japanese 50K
79
YAMAZAKI Yuki JPN
84
PARK Chil-Sung KOR
85
RUMBENIEKS Arnis LAT
33y
44d 1982
3:45:55 -12 NR
Korean record holder at 50K ... seventh at 2011 World Championships
20K pb: 1:20:17 -08 (1:23:38 -15). 2 WSG 20K 2007 (2003-5, 2005-6, 2009-10); 21 WCP 20K 2008 (2004-27, 2006-41, 2012-20); 2 Asian Champs 20K 2009
(2011-4); 25 WCH 20K 2009 (2011-dnf); dq Asian Games 20K 2010; 7 WCH 50K 2011 (2007-15); 12 OLY 50K 2012 (2004-41, 2008-33); 24 WCP 50K 2014; 2
Asian Games 50K 2014
In 2015: 17 Nomi 20K; 1 Korean 20K
27y
138d
1988
4:03:44
3:58:35 -08
International at both race walking and cross country running (71st in 2010 European Cross Country Championships)
20K pb: 1:24:18 -12 (1:25:52 -15). 9 World Youth 10,000 2005; 16 WCP junior 10K 2006; dnf WJC 10,000 2006; 8 ECP junior 10K 2007 (2005-26); 10 EJC
10,000 2007; 47 WCP 50K 2008 (2012-dnf); dnf ECP 50K 2009; 22 ECH 20K 2010 (2014-23); 45 OLY 20K 2012; 34 ECP 20K 2013; 42 WCH 20K 2013. At
EXC: 2010-70
In 2015: 15 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 14 Podébrady 20K; 5 Birstonas 10K; 25 ECP 20K; 8 Alytus 20K; 1 Valmiera 10,000
87
ŠUŠKEVIČIUS
Tadas LTU
30y
91d
1985
-
3:51:58 -14
20K pb: 1:23:29 -09 (1:26:35 -15). 23 ECP junior 10K 2003; 23 WCP junior 10K 2004; 14 under-23 ECH 20K 2005; 32 OLY 50K 2008 (2012-45); 17 WCH 50K
2009 (2011-dq, 2013-13); 9 ECH 50K 2010 (2014-17); 42 WCP 50K 2012 (2006-60); 44 ECP 20K 2013 (2005-46, 2007-dq, 2009-dnf, 2011-dq)
In 2015: 5 Alytus 20K
91
HAUKENES Håvard NOR
25y
121d
1990
3:58:44
3:56:38 -12
20K pb: 1:25:06 -15. 47 WCP junior 10K 2008; dq ECP junior 10K 2009; dq ECP 20K 2013/2015; dq WCH 50K 2013; 66 WCP 20K 2014; dq ECH 20K 2014
In 2015: 2 Bergen 3000; 7 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 50K; dq Podébrady 20K; dq ECP 20K; 2 Bergen 3000; 2 Norwegian 5000
93
REW Quentin NZL
31y
35d
1984
3:52:18
3:50:27 -13
20K pb: 1:22:11 -14 (1:24:09 -15). 24 WCH 50K 2011; 29 OLY 50K 2012; 17 WCH 50K 2013; 12 WCP 50K 2014
In 2015: 1 Wellington 3000; 2 Oceanian 20K; 4 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 50K; 2 Melbourne 10K (May 23); 1 Melbourne 20K (Jun 21)
95
AUGUSTYN Rafał POL
31y
98d
1984
3:43:55
3:45:32 -14
Tenth in 2010 European 20K & 2012 World Cup 50K // 20K pb: 1:20:53 -12 (1:23:51 -15). 9 ECP junior 10K 2003; 4 under-23 ECH 20K 2005; 7 ECP 20K 2009
(2005-dq, 2007-16, 2015-17); 8 WSG 20K 2009 (2005-13, 2005-dq); 22 WCH 50K 2009; 16 WCP 20K 2010 (2004-dnf, 2006-26, 2008-55, 2014-56); 9 ECH
20K 2010; 7 ECP 50K 2011 (2013-8); 22 WCH 20K 2011 (2007-26); 9 WCP 50K 2012; 29 OLY 20K 2012; 9 ECH 50K 2014
In 2015: 2 Polish indoor 5000; 2 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 15 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 1 Vénissieux 5000; 17 ECP 20K; 2 Tourcoing 5000; 3 Polish
20K
96
BŁOCKI Adrian POL
25y
132d
1990
3:49:30
3:49:30 -15
20K pb: 1:25:55 -10 (1:28:22 -15). 12 ECP junior 10K 2009; dq EJC 10,000 2009; 21 WCH 50K 2013; dq WCP 50K 2014. His older brother is Damian Błocki
(3:51:32 50K in 2013)
In 2015: 7 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 4 Polish 20K
97
NOWAK Łukasz POL
26y
245d
1988
3:44:53
3:42:47 -12
Eighth in London Olympic 50K, and eighth again at Moscow 2013 // 20K pb: 1:20:48 -13 (1:20:57 -14). 13 under-23 ECH 20K 2009; 8 ECH 50K 2010 (2014dnf); 11 WSG 20K 2011; dnf WCP 50K 2012; 8 OLY 50K 2012; 16 ECP 20K 2013; 8 WCH 50K 2013; 55 WCP 20K 2014
In 2015: 3 Polish indoor 5000; 3 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; dq ECP 20K; dq Polish 20K; 1 Poznan 5000
98
ISIDRO Pedro POR
30y
35d
1985
-
3:56:15 -14
20K pb: 1:25:22 -08 (1:25:53 -14). 3 Ibero-American 20,000 2010; 15 ECP 20K 2011; 39 OLY 50K 2012; 17 ECP 50K 2013 (2009-20, 2015-dnf); 28 WCH 50K
2013; 21 WCP 50K 2014 (2010-30, 2008-50, 2012-26); 25 ECH 50K 2014
In 2015: 3 Portuguese indoor 5000; 16 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; dnf ECP 50K; 2 Portuguese 10,000
101
COCIORAN Marius ROU
32y
42d
1983
3:55:59
3:55:59 -15 NR
Romanian record holder at 50K // 20K pb: 1:27:36 -12 . 24 WCP 50K 2012; 38 OLY 50K 2012; dnf ECP 50K 2013; 40 WCH 50K 2013; dnf ECH 50K 2014
In 2015: 11 ECP 50K
32y
45d 1983
3:56:47
3:55:32 -12 NR
African record holder
31st at both London 2012 & Moscow 2013 (as things stand)
20K pb: 1:26:19 -14 (1:26:34 -15). 8 African Games 20K 2007; 7 African Champs 20K 2008; 21 WSG 20K 2007; 25 WCP 50K 2012 (2004-87, 2006-68, 2010
-30, 2014-32); 31 OLY 20K 2012; 31 WCH 50K 2013
In 2015: 10 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 44 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 3 Bedford 20,000
102
MUNDELL Marc RSA
106
YARGUNKIN Aleksandr RUS
34y
227d
1981
3:45:41
3:42:26 -14
Twice Russian 50K Champion // 7 WSG 20K 2007; dnf ECP 20K 2009; 14 ECH 50K 2014. 1 Russian 50K 2014/2015 (2013-2)
In 2015: 5 Russian winter 35K; 1 Mis 10K; 1 Russian 50K
108
MAJDÁN Dusan SVK
27y
347d
1987
4:05:23
3:53:26 -14
20K pb: 1:25:25 -14. 16 EJC 10,000 2005; 12 WJC 10,000 2006; 39 WCP 50K 2010 (2008-43, 2014-73); 13 ECH 50K 2010; 28 ECP 20K 2013 (2015-38); 29
WCH 50K 2013; 19 ECH 50K 2014
In 2015: 19 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 3 Bratislava 5000; 38 ECP 20K
109
TISTAN Martin SVK
22y
281d
1992
4:02:26
4:02:26 -15
24 ECH 50K 2014; 15 ECP 50K 2015
In 2015: dnf IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 15 ECP 50K
32y 192d 1983
3:34:38
3:34:38 -15 NR
Surprise winner of 2010 World Cup 50K. Fifth at 2013 World Championship 50K, then European silver in 2014
20K pb: 1:19:48 -14 (1:20:21 -15). 6 EJC 10,000 2001; 16 WJC 10,000 2002; 6 under-23 ECH 2003; 9 WSG 20K 2005 (2003-10); 6 ECH 20K 2006/2010; 17
WCP 20K 2008 (2004-54, 2006-46, 2014-28); 26 OLY 20K 2008 (2004-32); 9 WCH 20K 2009 (2005-21, 2007-14, 2011-12); 10 WCH 50K 2009; 1 WCP 50K
2010; 1 ECP 20K 2011 (2003-24, 2005-12, 2007-27, 2009-9, 2013-3, 2015-2); 7 OLY 50K 2012; 2 ECH 50K 2014. Voted Slovak athlete of the year in 2006.
Father of 2. Cach-Yuriy Benchik (who was also the coach to 1988 Olympic Champion Josef Pribilinec)
In 2015: 1 IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K (3:34:48, the third-fastest of all-time); 2 Podébrady 20K; dq IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 1 Bratislava 5000; 2 ECP
20K
110
TÓTH Matej SVK
111
HANSSON Anders SWE
23y
163d
1992
4:03:20
4:03:20 -15
20K pb: 1:28:06 -15. 36 ECP junior 10K 2009; 18 World Youth 10,000 2009; dnf EJC 10,000 2011; dnf ECP 20K 2013; 85 WCP 20K 2014; 18 ECP 50K 2015
In 2015: dnf IAAF Challenge/Dudince 50K; 36 Podébrady 20K; 7 Birstonas 10K; 2 Vallensbæk 20K; 18 ECP 50K; 3 Swedish 10,000/20,000
112
IBÁÑEZ Ato SWE
29y
280d
1985
-
3:48:42 -14
1:22:36 -12 (1:22:48 -15). 28 WCP junior 10K 2004; 25 WJC 10,000 2004; 38 ECP 20K 2007 (2009-dq); dq under-23 ECH 20K 2007; 40 WCP 50K 2012; 11
WSG 20K 2013; 23 WCH 20K 2013 (2011-dq); 22 WCH 50K 2013; 54 WCP 20K 2014 (2006-dnf, 2008-72, 2010-55); 10 ECH 50K 2014; 10 ECP 20K 2015
(2011-20, 2013-18)
His parents were both world-class walkers. Father-Enrique Vera MEX (2 WCH 50K 76), mother- Siw Gustavsson SWE (2 ECH 10K 86). His brother is fellow
Swedish race walker Perseus Karlström
In 2015: 2 Swedish indoor 5000; 13 IAAF Challenge/Chihuahua 20K; 11 Podébrady 20K; 4 Birstonas 10K; 10 ECP 20K; 2 Swedish 10,000/20,000
114
BANZERUK Ivan UKR
25y
193d
1990
3:49:02
3:44:49 -14
Fifth in 2014 European Championships 50K, fifth again in 2015 European Cup
20K pb: 1:22:08 -15. dq WCH 50K 2013; 8 WCP 50K 2014; 5 ECH 50K 2014l 5 ECP 50K 2015 (2013-6). Attends Kiev’s Inter-Regional Academy of Personnel
Management
In 2015: 1 Ukrainian Teams indoor 5000; 3 Belarusian Cup 20K; 4 ECP 50K; 15 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 3 Ukrainian Cup 10K; 12 WSG 20K
115
BUDZA Sergiy UKR
30y
257d
1984
3:51:33
3:47:36 -13
20K pb: 1:24:28 -08. 14 ECP junior 10K 2003; 24 OLY 50K 2008 (2012-34); dnf ECH 50K 2010; 9 ECP 50K 2013 (2007-31, 2009-dnf); 13 WCH 50K 2013; 9
WCP 50K 2014 (2008-29, 2012-15)
In 2015: 6 ECP 50K
24y 330d 1990
3:40:39 -13 NR
Great advancement in 2012/2013 from 4:03:18 to 3:40:39 at 50K and fourth place at the Moscow World Championships
50K pb: 3:40:39 -13. 12 WCP 50K 2012; 18 OLY 50K 2012; 4 ECP 50K 2013; 6 WSG 20K 2013/2015; 4 WCH 50K 2013; 7 WCP 20K 2014; 6 ECH 50K 2014;
5 ECP 20K 2015. Attends Kiev’s Interregional Academy of Personnel Management
In 2015: 6 IAAF Challenge/Rio Maior 20K; 5 ECP 20K; 20 IAAF Challenge/La Coruña 20K; 6 WSG 20K
117
GLAVAN Igor UKR
119
NUNN John USA
37y
199d
1978
-
4:03:28 -12
20K pb: 1:22:31 -04 (1:26:46 -15). 50 WCP 20K 2004 (2002-dq, 2008-79); 26 OLY 20K 2004 (2012-42); 30 WCH 20K 2005 (2013-46); 7 Pan-American Games
20K 2007 (2003-8). 1 US 20,000 2010 & 20K 2014/2015. Served as a missionary in Las Vegas in 1997-1999 during which he was forbidden to watch, listen or
read anything from the media
In 2015: 2 US indoor; 23 Pan-American Cup 20K; 1 US 20K; dnf Pan-Am Games 50K
WORLD ALL-TIME LIST
2015 WORLD LIST
1.....3:32:33....Yohann Diniz FRA......................2015
2.....3:34:14....Denis Nizhegorodov RUS.......... 2008
3.....3:34:38....Matej Tóth SVK.......................... 2015
4.....3:35:47....Nathan Deakes AUS.................. 2006
5.....3:35:59....Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS............. 2012
6.....3:36:03....Robert Korzeniowski POL.......... 2002
7.....3:36:04....Alex Schwazer ITA..................... 2007
8.....3:36:06....Yu Chaohong CHN.................... 2005
9.....3:36:13....Zhao Chengliang CHN............... 2005
10...3:36:20....Han Yucheng CHN.....................2005
1.....3:34:38....Matej Tóth SVK
2.....3:40:20....Hiroki Arai JPN
3.....3:42:01....Takayuki Tanii JPN
4.....3:43:32....Mikhail Ryzhov RUS
5.....3:43:40....Yuki Yamazaki JPN
6.....3:43:55....Rafał Augustyn POL
7.....3:43:57....Ivan Noskov RUS
8.....3:44:53....Łukasz Nowak POL
9.....3:45:41....Horacio Nava MEX
10...3:45:41....Aleksandr Yargunkin RUS
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